Children's book exchange
Come and exchange children's book at the library.
Research and Events
We aim to bring together researchers and run book club events
Nicole Andrews Community Library
On March 21, 2022 we lost Dr Nicole Andrews, who had been fighting breast cancer. Nicole was a founder member of the Organisation of Black Unity and the driving force behind getting the Marcus Garvey Centre renovated. Nicole was an activist, mother and scholar who was dedicated to the uplift of the community and to researching the health inequalities facing Black women. Her academic work has only been brought more into focus by her death at the hands of a cancer that is three times more likely to kill Black women.
To honour her memory we will be opening the Nicole Andrews Community Library in the Marcus Garvey Centre, which would not be open with her efforts. The library will be a place to share ideas, come together and generate new research projects.
We are always looking for donations of books please email info@blackunity.org.uk for more information. If you would like to donate to the fund for library, please click below.
Sandi Russell 1946-2017
The library was blessed by a donation of hundreds of books from the estate of Sandi Russell, who passed away in 2017. Harlem-born and classically trained, Sandi Russell was an international jazz singer, writer and educator. Of Native American, African American, and European descent, she lived half her life in the United States and half in the United Kingdom where, as an author and performer, she became a leading
interpreter of African American culture.
You will find a special tribute to Sandi in each book she donated. To find out more about her life click here
