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Reference number

NBHP2002.4a

Person

Gulley, June Elizabeth Smith White

Organisation

Matta Fancanta Movement; West Indian Parents Association; Council for Ethnic Minority Communities

Brief description

Three separate interviews. (1) Recalls childhood and family life in Northampton where she was born. Describes her father’s job as a professional shoe maker and mother as a nurse. Talks about school and institutional racism. Recalls her first trip to Jamaica with her mother and brother and being excited to see other Black children. Talks about her involvement in sports at school and being the captain of the athletics and netball teams. Describes her family life. Recalls her career as nurse, police officer and her voluntary work to set up and run a number of Black community organisations in Northampton, including West Indian Parents Association (WIPA) and Matta Fancanta Movement (MFM). (2) Gives details about setting up Council for Ethnic Minority Communities (CEMC) with her husband and starting WIPA with members of Northampton's Black communities. Talks about Black politics and her awarenss of the Black Power movement in the United States of America (USA). Recalls her four meetings with Bob Marley. Describes church life and recalls travels around USA. Talks about changes in the Black community in Northampton over the years and race relations. Gives details of family life and housing problems in Northampton. (3) Focus on describing members of her family eg father, mother and brother, Eddie White

Subject

Community action; Political movements; Race Relations; Family; Housing

Event date

27/11/2002

Periods Covered

1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s

Associated Place

Jamaica, Caribbean; Northampton, Northamptonshire; London, Britain

Language

English

Associated resources

Copies of newspaper articles, photographs, associated oral history interviews

Linked Material

Trevor Hall NBHP2002.1a; Barbara Bongay NBHP2002.2a; Daniel Mayhew NBHP2003.24a; Garfield Nathaniel Liburd NBHP2003.36a; Floyd Douglas NBHP2003.50a; Horace Cohen NBHP2004.91a; Dahlia McDaniel NBHP2003.28a; Maurice Young NBHP2004.75a; Ashley Sinclair NBHP2004.140a; Cliff Gulley NBHP2004.159a

Notes

Interviewee's full names is June, Elizabeth, White, Smith, Gulley

Ethnic Origin

Black British Caribbean

Gender

Female

Religion

Christian

Location of resource

Northamptonshire Record Office

Format

Digital recording

Resource reference ID

Creator

Northamptonshire Black History Project

Creation date

27/11/2002; 13/02/2003; 10/07/2003

Contributor person

Drake, Julia

Contributor organisation

Northamptonshire Black History Project

Copyright

Northamptonshire Black History Project

Additional notes

Full transcript and summary available

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