1. Altheia Jones-LeCointe was born on 9 January 1945 and is a Trinidadian physician and research scientist known for her role as a leader of the British Black Panther Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
11 Facts About Altheia Jones-LeCointe
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe's parents held local leadership roles in the People's National Movement during her childhood.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe attended St George's College in Barataria, where she was regarded by her chemistry teacher as "a vibrant, sparkling girl of exceptional ability".
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe worked as a teacher and organiser in the Universal Coloured People's Association.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe recruited a central core of activists into the movement, including Darcus Howe and Eddie LeCointe.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe was a Panther teacher; she spoke at schools and taught classes in anti-colonialism.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe played a key role in ensuring that defending black women and girls was at the core of the movement.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe is considered by academics and her contemporaries to be the leader of the British Black Panther Movement.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe spoke on community self-help and rights for British citizens.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe appears in the 1973 Franco Rosso and John La Rose documentary film The Mangrove Nine.
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe is a medical researcher and practises as a haematologist in Britain and Trinidad.