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 |
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| 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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