Olive Morris

Olive Morris (1952 - 1979) was a community leader and activist in the feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s in the United Kingdom. Morris was born in Jamaica in 1952 and moved to London, England, with her family at an early age. She lived predominantly in South London.[1]

She was a founding member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) in London, established the Brixton Black Women's Group, was a member of the British Black Panthers movement, and helped found the Manchester Black Women's Cooperative and Manchester Black Women's Mutual Aid Group.[2]

Recognition

Morris died of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 27 in 1979. Lambeth Council named one of its key buildings after her, in 1986.[3]

Morris is depicted on the B£1 denomination of the Brixton Pound, a local currency in Brixton, London.

In October 2008 the Remembering Olive Collective was started.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Do you remember Olive Morris?, BBC News, 2009-10-16, retrieved 2013-12-26
  2. ↑ Do you remember Olive Morris?, Red Pepper, July 2010, retrieved 2013-12-26
  3. ↑ Olive Morris House, Lambeth Council, retrieved 2013-12-26
  4. ↑ Do you remember Olive Morris?, BBC News, 2009-10-16, retrieved 2016-07-26

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