Claudia Jones

100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark

Claudia Jones dedicated her life to the advancement of Black women's rights and the development of public and political consciousness in Black British communities. Listen as Pawlet Brookes describes the work of Jones and the impact it has had today as well as a reading of one of her poems, 'There Are Some Things One Always Remembers' (1958).

Speakers: Pawlet Brookes, Hafsa Hirsi. Music by NWAKKE.

Poem: “There Are Some Things One Always Remembers” reproduced from Claudia Jones – Beyond Containment ed Carole Boyce Davies (ISBN 978-0-9562401-6-3) with permission from the Publisher Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, Banbury Oxfordshire www.ayebia.co.uk