#olivemorris

Olive Elaine Morris (26 June 1952 – 12 July 1979) A true champion of civil rights, Morris campaigned for the rights of Black people in South London and Manchester. She was a founding member of Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) and the Brixton Black Women’s Group. She campaigned for access to education, decent living conditions for Black communities and fought against state and police repression. Despite dying at a young age, she empowered the people who lived and worked around her.

#Repost from @nakedpolitics with @regram.app ... Olive Morris was a young Jamaicam woman who lived im Central London. She fought for the rights of her fellow black and asian folk and resisted against police brutality. In custody, they assaulted her, physically, verbally and sexually. But that didn't stop her and she joined the Black Panther Movement. She had an amazing ability to get people to listen, and created a united front for women of colour. If you're looking for a Black British Hero, maybe Olive Morris is who you're looking for. It's time we start hearing about powerful black figures from the past. LINK IN BIO . . . . . . . . #olivemorris #blm #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #blacklivesmatter #georgefloyd #defundthepolice #policebrutality #blackheroes #feminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOQktOlNCV/?igshid=120z2kwy31wx7

Olive Morris was an activist who campaigned for racial, gender and social equality. Born in Jamaica on 26 June 1952, she moved to London with her family when she was nine. Olive died at just 27 of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma but managed to do so much with the short time she was given. She helped found the Brixton Black Women’s Group – one of the nation’s very first networks for Black women and she co-founded the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent. She was also a member of the British Youth Black Panther Movement and campaigned for squatter’s rights. Olive Morris, whose fight for equality, left an extraordinary legacy of local activism in Brixton and beyond. 

#OliveMorris was an activist who campaigned for racial, gender and social equality. Born in Jamaica on 26 June 1952, she moved to London with her family when she was nine. Olive died at just 27 of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma but managed to do so much with the short time she was given. Her interest in activism was sparked by an incident in 1969 in which she witnessed the arrest and beating of a Nigerian diplomat by police officers. The police dragged Clement Gomwalk out of his Mercedes to interrogate him and refused to believe him when he said he was a diplomat. A crowd formed and witnesses said Morris “tried to physically stop the police from beating the Nigerian” before being beaten herself. Morris was arrested, fined £10 and given a suspended sentence. She later said she was forced to strip and was threatened with rape while in police custody. The incident catapulted her into a movement of black women in 1970s Britain fighting against racial discrimination. Morris went on to raise awareness of inequalities by traveling, writing, organizing protests and setting up support groups. She helped found the Brixton Black Women’s Group – one of the nation’s very first networks for Black women – and she to co-founded the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent. She was also a member of the British Youth Black Panther Movement, and campaigned for squatter’s rights. Today would have been her 68th birthday. . . . ✏📒 Words: MetroUK / iNews / NYTimes 📷 Photos: London Borough of Lambeth, Archives Department / GoogleDoodle #BlackLivesMatter (at Lambeth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5aMCXnxMY/?igshid=16zgusu3rxn2

Black History All Year 2020 . . Olive Elaine Morris was a member of the British Black Panther Party and a grassroots activist in Great Britain. The Black Panther Youth League recruited Morris at 17 which furthered her activism. In 1973, Morris formed the Brixton Black Women’s Group (BBWG), to focus on women’s experiences in the Black Panther Party. Morris also played a significant role in the squatters’ rights campaigns in her Brixton community. She and other community activists squatted to help establish self-help community spaces including Sarbarr Bookshop, the first black self-help community bookshop in South London. . . In 1975 Morris enrolled at Manchester University to earn a social science degree. At the University, she expanded her activism by working with the National Coordinating Committee of Overseas Students. And in 1977, she visited China and wrote an article, “A Sister’s Visit to China,” published in Speak Out!, the BBWG’s newsletter. Her article explored anti-imperialist struggles and self-help community strategies in the world’s most populous Marxist state. In 1977 Morris returned from China, completed her degree and returned to her home-community in Brixton. In Brixton, Morris became a founding member of the Organisation for Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD), 1978-82, and edited the organization’s magazine FOWAD! During this time, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. On July 12, 1979, Morris died at the age of 27. . . Olive Morris had a profound amount of achievements in her short life.  She was driven, passionate and fought tirelessly for equality.  This is a Black British Caribbean Woman whose remarkable life must be forever known of and forever celebrated. . . #olivemorris #blackbritish #visittochina #socialscience #socialsciencedegree #selfhelpbooks #southlondon #bbwg #grassroots #hodgkinslymphoma #jamaica🇯🇲 # (at St Catherines, Jamaica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAIXcCngjB0/?igshid=1ub72xn5vtetk

In the mini series #Guerilla producers cast an Indian woman #friedapinto to play this Black Historic character. #OliveMorris - Dear #JohnRidley, meet OLIVE MORRIS. She's a former member of Black Panther in the UK, (yes there was a Black Panther Movement in the UK). She was Founding Member of the Broxton Black Women's Group. She led. She founded. She organized. She was a Lead Character. She is a Black Woman. - #BlackHeroesMatter #FreidaPinto #idriselba

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