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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Serena Richards

Forgotten story of the BBC's first black radio producer and trailblazer Una Marson

Black British leaders have often been ignored when thinking about black history, but the BBC are aiming to rectify this one step at a time with a new documentary about the life and legacy of Una Marson.

Una Marson was the first Black radio producer to present on the BBC during world war two, giving West Indians who lived in Britain a platform to share their stories on a global radio station which would change the sound of British radio forever.

She wrote poems and essays about her experience as a black Jamaican living in Britain and engaged in activism against the racism of the time.

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