‘She gave the young a chance’: pioneering activist’s battle for Black equality in Manchester
Locita Brandy, 91, has received a medal of honour to recognise her lifetime of campaigning in the cityThey both came from the Caribbean to Manchester, and they both dedicated their lives to the betterment of Black communities. Now, the legacies of two postwar pioneers, strangers to each other and from different walks of life, have been celebrated by one gesture.Locita Brandy, 91, never met the Nobel prize-winning economist W Arthur Lewis. She arrived in Manchester in 1956 from Nevis –…
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