Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture 2024
Registration is now open for the lecture hosted by the NUJ's Black Members Council on 5 December. Book a place to hear from Margaret Kimberley, executive editor and senior columnist of Black Agenda Report.
This year's National Union of Journalists Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture comes at an important moment weeks after Donald Trump becomes president-elect for the United States.
The re-election of Trump poses many challenges to Black people in the US and the UK and reignites the toxic environment faced by journalists under his last administration.
The Black Members' Council is delighted to announce that the guest speaker for this year’s free webinar event will be renowned Black journalist and activist Margaret Kimberley.
Kimberley is the executive editor and senior columnist of Black Agenda Report and the current host of the Black Agenda Radio podcast - heard on Pacifica stations WBAI in New York and WPFW in Washington.
Claudia Jones born in Trinidad migrated with her family to the USA, deported in 1955 as a result of her political activities she came to live in the UK, founding the first Black newspaper, The West Indian Gazette and Afro-Asian Caribbean News and becoming what some ascribe as the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival.
Jones was not just an excellent journalist, but she was also an internationally important activist who worked to link the theories of Black liberation to practical action.
The event is open to all and the webinar will be published on the NUJ website. Join others online on 5 December from 7pm online.