Una Marson, the BBC’s first black radio producer who worked at the BBC in the 1940s, platforming Caribbean voices for the first time on the airwaves.

Una Marson was the first Black radio producer to present on the BBC during world war two, giving West Indians who lived in Britain a platform to share their stories on a global radio station which ...

When Una Marson became the BBC's first black radio producer and presenter in the 1940s, she brought Caribbean voices and culture to a global audience, but her name is now little known. Sir Lenny ...

When you open your Google web browsers today, a doodle illustration of Una Marson will greet you. Marson is regarded as one of Jamaica's most influential feminist thinkers . She is also ...

Calling Una Marson: The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Icon by June Sarpong and Jennifer Obidike is published in hardback by Akan Books, priced £20 (ebook £9.99).

Writing about Marson’s legacy for the BBC, the actor and comedian said: “When I think of Una Marson, I think of a trailblazer – a pioneer who connected the Caribbean to the world through her ...

Jamaican journalist, activist and author, Una Marson (1905 - 1965), having lunch at the BBC canteen in Broadcasting House, ENGLISH HERITAGE has today announced a blue plaque celebrating the ...

Una Marson (1905-65) was a Jamaican poet who occupies an important place in the developing years of Jamaican writing, and indeed in West Indian literature without the critical attention to give it ...

Una Marson was the first Black radio producer to present on the BBC during world war two, giving West Indians who lived in Britain a platform to share their stories on a global radio station which ...

Una Marson, originally from Jamaica, was an experienced journalist and published writer by the time she started working at the BBC in 1939. Her first role in the Corporation was working at the ...