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Witness History: Britain's first black woman headteacher

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Britain's First Female Black Headteacher

06/10/2020 GMT

Britain's first black woman headteacher

BBC World Service - Witness History, Britain's first black woman headteacher

Yvonne Conolly was made head of a London primary school in 1969.

Yvonne Conolly was appointed head of Ringcross Primary school in North London in 1969. She had moved to the UK from Jamaica just a few years earlier.

Yvonne Conolly was made headteacher of Ringcross Primary school in North London in 1969. She had moved to the UK from Jamaica just a few years earlier and quickly worked her way up the teaching profession. She faced racist threats when she first took up the post but refused to allow them to define her relationship with the children she taught. She spoke to Jonathan Coates about her life.

Photo: Yvonne Conolly in a classroom. Copyright: Pathe.

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