Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press, 1998.
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League of Coloured Peoples
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Una Marson | Living in London, UM
developed a more acute consciousness of her racial identity, perhaps helped by her involvement with the League of Coloured Peoples
and by the racism she experienced. From an early age she... |
| Employer | Una Marson | Unable to find work in London as a stenographer because of racial prejudice, UM
took up a volunteer position as an assistant secretary for the League of Coloured Peoples
. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Una Marson | One of UM
's duties with the League of Coloured Peoples
was to welcome foreign dignitaries. In July 1934 she welcomed Ofori Atta
, an African king from Akyem Abukwa in what is now northern... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Una Marson | UM
contributed to the League of Coloured Peoples
' periodical The Keys a poem entitled Nigger, a passionate retort to the fierce insult [and] vilest injury qtd. in Smilowitz, Erika Sollish. “Weary of Life and All my Hearts Dull Pain: The Poetry of Una Marson”. Critical Issues in West Indian Literature, edited by Erika Sollish Smilowitz and Roberta Quarles Knowles, Caribbean Books, 1984, pp. 19-32. 25 Smilowitz, Erika Sollish. “Weary of Life and All my Hearts Dull Pain: The Poetry of Una Marson”. Critical Issues in West Indian Literature, edited by Erika Sollish Smilowitz and Roberta Quarles Knowles, Caribbean Books, 1984, pp. 19-32. 25-6, 32n12 |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Una Marson | During her time in London, UM
contributed several poems and articles to The Keys, the organ of the League of Coloured Peoples
. Smilowitz, Erika Sollish. “Weary of Life and All my Hearts Dull Pain: The Poetry of Una Marson”. Critical Issues in West Indian Literature, edited by Erika Sollish Smilowitz and Roberta Quarles Knowles, Caribbean Books, 1984, pp. 19-32. 20 |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Una Marson | She began writing the play while she was living in London and working with the League of Coloured Peoples
. One of the main characters, Prince Alota from the fictional colony of Novoka (whose name... |
| Performance of text | Una Marson | UM
mounted a production of her own play, At What a Price, at the YWCA
hostel in Great Russell Street, London, using members of the League of Coloured Peoples
as performers. Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press, 1998. 53 |
| Residence | Una Marson | She settled in South London, where she boarded with the Moody family at 164 Queen's Road, Peckham. Harold Moody
was a Jamaican-born doctor and Christian fundamentalist who founded the League of Coloured Peoples
... |
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