Wednesday 7th October - Vernon Castle Room, Norwich Millennium Library, 5:30-7:30pm
Free and open to all. Part of Norwich and Norfolk Black History Month.
Dr. Becky Fraser and Dr. Nick Grant (UEA) examine the invaluable contribution women made to the black freedom
struggle in both the United States and South Africa. Facing race, class and
gender discrimination, black women have often been at the forefront of
movements for social change and have worked tirelessly for both racial equality and women’s
rights. This session will explore these issues through the lives of Sojourner
Truth and Lilian Ngoyi. Sojourner Truth was a former African American slave
turned radical abolitionist, who later campaigned for black female suffrage in
the mid-nineteenth century. Lilian Masediba Ngoyi was a South African
anti-apartheid activist and prominent member of the African National Congress
Women’s League and Federation of South African Women. She was a defiant voice
in South African politics and lead black women’s opposition to the extensions
of apartheid pass laws to women.
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