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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, 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". | |
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." |