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The first black female programme-maker and broadcaster at the BBC, Una Marson, has been honoured with a blue plaque at her former home in south London.The first black female programme-maker and broadcaster at the BBC, Una Marson, has been honoured with a blue plaque at her former home in south London.
Ms Marson, born in Jamaica in 1905, was a poet, publisher and activist for racial and sexual equality.Ms Marson, born in Jamaica in 1905, was a poet, publisher and activist for racial and sexual equality.
She joined the BBC as a programme assistant in 1939 and worked on the Calling West Indies programme.She joined the BBC as a programme assistant in 1939 and worked on the Calling West Indies programme.
The plaque has been put up in Queen's Road, Peckham, where Ms Marson lived for many years.The plaque has been put up in Queen's Road, Peckham, where Ms Marson lived for many years.
In Queen's Road, her first address in London, she lived with a family while working as secretary to the League of Coloured Peoples.In Queen's Road, her first address in London, she lived with a family while working as secretary to the League of Coloured Peoples.
She also lived for a time at Brunswick Square, Camberwell, but frequently travelled abroad.She also lived for a time at Brunswick Square, Camberwell, but frequently travelled abroad.
Ms Marson counted TS Eliot and George Orwell as her colleagues and worked on a series with Orwell before establishing her own poetry strand "Caribbean Voices". Ms Marson, who died in 1965, counted TS Eliot and George Orwell as her colleagues and worked on a series with Orwell before establishing her own poetry strand "Caribbean Voices".
She died in 1965.
Her biographer Delia Jarrett-Macauley unveiled the plaque.Her biographer Delia Jarrett-Macauley unveiled the plaque.
Councillor Adele Morris, executive member for Citizenship, Equalities and Communities at Southwark Council said: "Una was a feminist who campaigned for equality, and was politically active at a time when this would have been difficult for a woman, and doubly so for a black woman."Councillor Adele Morris, executive member for Citizenship, Equalities and Communities at Southwark Council said: "Una was a feminist who campaigned for equality, and was politically active at a time when this would have been difficult for a woman, and doubly so for a black woman."