Tuesday

Una Marson (1905-1965)





Profile: Ms Marson was a Jamaican, Writer, Journalist, Broadcaster. She was the first Black woman Presenter & Programme-maker on the BBC radio.


Plaque Location: 16c, Brunswick Park, Camberwell, London, SE5 7RJ


Plaque inscription: ‘Poet, playwright, campaigner for equality. First Black woman Programme maker at the BBC’


Marson's broadcasting at the BBC
An extract from Marson's poem, Kinky Hair Blues





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