by findingmyplanb | Oct 16, 2021 | Blog
“I don’t say I look my most beautiful, I FEEL my most beautiful…” For Black History Month it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the American actress, singer, television host, producer and director, Tracee Ellis Ross who is known for her lead roles in the...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 4, 2021 | Blog
Bell hooks or Gloria Jean Watkins was born September 25, 1952 and has basically been an intersectional feminist ever since. She is most well known for her feminist theory that recognizes social classifications (e.g., race, gender, sexual identity, class,...
by findingmyplanb | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog
So, I’m kicking off BHM this year with re-introducing an inspiring women who I came across for the first time last year. Claudia Jones (21 February 1915 – 24 December 1964), was a Trinidad and Tobago-born journalist and activist. Now you know that I have to give a...
by Yvonne J | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog
Amy Ashwood Garvey (1897-1969) is the Jamaican born feminist, playwright, Pan-Africanist activist and ex wife of Marcus Garvey. Amy was a director of the Black Star line Steamship Corporation, and along with her former husband Marcus she founded the Negro World...
by Yvonne J | Oct 14, 2020 | Blog
So we looked at Black Women in Britain as part of the Great Black Women in History course I’ve been attending, that sadly ended on Wednesday. Now I like to dance and was so trilled to learn about Claudia Jones who is known as the mother of Notting Hill Carnival....
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