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Olive Morris

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Olive Morris

by Rob Adderley, and Ceri Buckmaster, and Staffan Gnosspelius
currency note, 2009
2 3/4 in. x 5 3/8 in. (70 mm x 135 mm) overall
Purchased with help from the Art Fund, 2018
Reference Collection
NPG D48057

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  • Rob Adderley, Designer. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Ceri Buckmaster, Mediator and writer. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Staffan Gnosspelius, Illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.

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Olive Morris was born in Jamaica in 1952 and moved with her family to Britain aged nine. She became a leading political activist and community organiser who established the Brixton Black Women's Group, playing a pivotal role in the campaign against racial discrimination and injustice in the UK.

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