like many others of the windrush generation, came to the uk in search of new opportunities. but she faced constant racism and after eight years she returned to jamaica. she s been talking to the bbc s simi jolaoso. july 31st, 1968, the times newspaper printed a spread on barbara blake hannah. the night before, she d become the first black woman to report the news on british television. yes, to be in the times, old page, to be a journalist on television is the highest praise for a journalist to be. and i d achieved that. that was really cool. that was really nice. barbara reported on community stories eamonn andrews show on thames television. that was until her contract came to an end afterjust nine months. too many viewers had complained about having a black person on their screens. you just have to accept it. that was all part of the,
that was really cool. that was really nice. barbara reported on community stories eamonn andrews show on thames television. that was until her contract came to an end afterjust nine months. too many viewers had complained about having a black person on their screens. you just have to accept it. that was all part of the, you re not good enough. you re black. you re not good enough. racism was a big awakening. she later got a job on atv, a regional channel based in birmingham, but things didn t improve during her six months there. racism was more pronounced in birmingham, on the set and on the streets. we were at a party, at a bar, a glass broke and splinters jumped up and cut me. and some drunk white girls said, oh, it s red. she thought my blood was going to be another colour. how did you cope with all the racism
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