VIRTUAL: Beyond the Black Panthers: Dr Beverley Bryan

This event is organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with UCL's Sarah Parker Remond Centre

Dr Beverley Bryan is co-author of the classic book Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain (1985) which detailed the experiences of ordinary Black women and their fight for equality from post-war up to 1980s Britain.

Dr Bryan was a founding member of the Brixton Black Women’s Group; a Saturday school organiser, a mainstream primary school teacher who pioneered Black history teaching in her classroom in the 1970s and a member of the British Black Panther Movement. A lifelong educator, Beverley Bryan is a retired Professor of Language Education from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

In this wide-ranging interview, hosted by Dr Michelle Asantewa, we will explore her experiences as above and also cover the below:

• Jamaican Creole as language
• Slam' poetry in the 1970s
• Anti-Racist education
• Life as a black teacher
• The impact of the West Indian Student Centre
• The importance of history
• Moving to the Caribbean