Barbara Beese
Barbara Beese (2 January 1946) is a British activist, writer, former member of the British Black Panthers.[1][2]
Black Panthers
Beese came to public attention in 1970 as one of the Mangrove Nine, who marched to the police station in Notting Hill, London, to protest against police raids of the Mangrove restaurant.[3] Violent clashes between the police and the Black Panther marchers led to charges and important trial that is said to have "changed racial justice in the UK forever".[4]
She contributed to Race Today on a number of topics, including education,[5]
Personal life
Beese had a relationship with fellow Black Panther Darcus Howe, with whom she also had a son, Darcus Beese.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "The Real Guerrillas". Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/guerilla-freida-pinto-casting-criticism-asian-black-women-black-power-movement-uk-a7677811.html
- ^ Bunce, Robin; Field, Paul (2010-11-29). "Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill | Robin Bunce and Paul Field". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/29/mangrove-nine-40th-anniversary
- ^ Paul., Warmington, (2014). Black British intellectuals and education : multiculturalism's hidden history. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781317752363. OCLC 871224341.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ HUME., LUCY. PEOPLE OF TODAY 2017;. [S.l.]: DEBRETT'S. ISBN 9781999767037. OCLC 1007310029.