Brixton Black Women's Group Explained

The Brixton Black Women's Group (BWG) was an organisation for Black women in Brixton. One of the first Black women's groups in the UK, the BWG existed from 1973 to 1985. A socialist feminist group,[1] it aimed to raise consciousness and organise around issues specifically affecting Black women.[2]

Foundation

Several of the group's founding members, such as Beverley Bryan, Olive Morris and Liz Obi, had previously been active in the British Black Panthers.[3] BWG was formed partly from frustrations that although there was a women's caucus, the Panthers were not taking women's issues seriously.[4]

For its first two years, the group lacked dedicated meeting space and met in members' homes. Later, together with the Mary Seacole Craft Group, the BWG established the Mary Seacole House, renamed the Black Women's Centre in 1979.

Publications

The BWG also published a newsletter, Speak Out.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Scafe, Suzanne. Brixton Black Women's Group. Alison. Donnell. Alison Donnell. Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&pg=PA58. 2002. Routledge. 978-1-134-70025-7. 58.
  2. Marlene T.. Bogle. Brixton Black Women's Centre: Organizing on Child Sexual Abuse. Feminist Review. 28. Spring 1988. 132–35. 10.1057/fr.1988.12 . 143014909 .
  3. News: The Forgotten Story of the Women Behind the British Black Panthers. Agyepong. Heather. 10 March 2016. The Debrief. 11 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180528160329/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/opinion/forgotten-story-women-behind-british-black-panthers/. 28 May 2018.
  4. News: Thomas . Tobi . 2023-10-24 . ‘It was amazing to find sisters’: Brixton Black Women’s Group on their revolutionary newsletter . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-10-29 . 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: Speak Out Pamphlet - Black Women's Group Brixton . 2023-10-29 . Google Arts & Culture . en.
  6. Book: Brixton Black Women's Group . Speak Out!:The Brixton Black Women's Group . Verso Books . 2023 . 978-1804291979.

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