Necessary Rebels

Ep. 8 Black Women’s Lives in Britain then and now with Beverley Bryan

February 01, 2021 Sandra & Kanar Season 1 Episode 8
Necessary Rebels
Ep. 8 Black Women’s Lives in Britain then and now with Beverley Bryan
Show Notes

Beverley Bryan was actively involved with the Black Panther Movement in Great Britain from 1970 to 1973. She was a founding member of the Brixton Black Women's Group and the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descendant.  She also co-wrote with two other members of her association, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe, the Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain which was published 35 years ago. Here she talks about the book and the daily realities she and other black women faced personally and politically that are still alive today.