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Marking 50 years since the influential anti-racist collective formed, a new collection of their writings provides a unique voice from a time of violent prejudice

Race, gender and class inequalities were rife, relations with the police were fraught - and the realities encountered back then remain as pernicious as ever in 2023, as Black History Month celebrates women

In the 1970s, Beverley Bryan joined the British Black Panthers in solidarity of her friend who was a victim of a police assault. Since then, she has leveraged her educational background to intentionally spread Black stories, Black culture and Black history.

A short biography of south London based anti-racist community organiser Olive Morris who worked tirelessly as a feminist, black and squatting activist throughout the late 60s and 70s.

Twenty contemporary writers recommend overlooked novels, essays and poetry that deserve to sit alongside the classics on our bookshelves

She co-wrote a classic, The Heart of the Race, and helped draw attention to overlooked atrocities – including racism in schools, police brutality and deaths in custody

Beverley Bryan: the British Black Panther who inspired a generation of women Tobi Thomas In the mid-60s, Beverley Bryan was a prefect at Lavender Hill secondary modern in south London. One of her responsibilities was to stand at the school gates and scribble down the name of any student who was late. One such girl was Olive Morris, who would become one of the country’s leading anti-racism activists. Bryan, meanwhile, would follow in the younger girl’s footsteps, becoming a B...