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Dr. Beryl
Brenda Marjorie Gilroy

Hale DBE
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- Black Excellence Judge
Diversity
Judge in Education Patricia Lamour MBE
and Inclusion Peter Herbert OBE
Dr. Beryl Gilroy (30/8/1924-4/4/2001) became London’s first Black head-

Baroness Brenda Marjorie Hale of Richmond, was born in West Yorkshire. teacher of Beckford School, West Hampstead (1969-1982). An exceptional
Graduating in law from Cambridge University, she was called to the bar in and pioneering teacher, writer and ethno-psychologist of the Windrush
1969. In 1984, she was appointed to the Law Commission, worked as a part- generation, her contribution to education and literature disrupted
time barrister and became Professor of Law at Manchester University. In narratives, making black women, their courage and resilience visible.

1989, she was appointed Queen’s Counsel and in 1999 was only the second Gilroy, a qualified teacher from Guyana, migrated to London for university
woman to be appointed to the Court of Appeal. In September 2017 she was studies in 1952. Between 1953 and 1956, she worked as a teacher for the
historically appointed as the first woman President of the Supreme Court and Inner London Education Authority and published her autobiographical
is a committed champion of ethnic and gender diversity. account Black Teacher in 1976 of her early experiences, regretting ‘that
the publishers toned down her attacks on the racism she encountered’.
After her headship, she worked as a multi-cultural researcher at the
Institute of Education, University of London and developed a pioneering
Malorie psychotherapy practice, working mainly with Black women and children.

Blackman OBE A co-founder in the early 1980s of the Camden Black Sisters group,
she gained a PhD in counselling psychology in 1987. Honoured by the
- Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars, Frangipani House
Educational Judge is one of her best-known novels.

Children’s Literature Patricia Lamour MBE

Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today’s
most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers and has written
over 70 books. Noughts and Crosses won her the Red House FCBG
Children’s Book Award and is a story which. turns racism upside down.

As Malorie said, “I also wanted to play with the idea that ‘history is luck’
to a certain extent. What if Africans had invented trans-oceanic travel and
colonized Europe and America?” For her books Hacker, Malorie won the
Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award and the Smarties Silver Book Award for
Cloud Busting. Born in Clapham, Malorie’s latest book Crossfire, is inspired
by Trump and Brexit. A graduate of the National Film and Television School,
her work has appeared on TV, with Pig-Heart Boy, adapted into a BAFTA
winning TV series. Malorie is now writing for the new Dr Who series.
In 2005, Malorie received the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her

distinguished contribution to the world of children’s books. In 2008, she was
awarded an OBE for her services to Children’s Literature and in 2013, Malorie
was appointed the first UK’s black Children’s Laureate.