Leila Hassan Howe was born on 13 June 1948 and is a British editor and activist, who was a founding member of the Race Today Collective in 1973, having previously worked for the Institute of Race Relations.
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Leila Hassan became editor of the Race Today journal in 1986.
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Leila Hassan is co-editor of a collection of writings from Race Today published in 2019.
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Leila Hassan was a member of the Race Today Collective from its inception in 1973, and eventually became editor of its journal, Race Today, in 1986.
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Leila Hassan was deputy editor of the journal from 1973, with Darcus Howe as editor.
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Leila Hassan was a frequent writer for the journal, examining topics ranging from the Black Power movement in the USA to the lives of black women in the UK.
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In 1984, Leila Hassan organised for the wives of striking coal miners to come to London to tell their stories to the journal.
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Leila Hassan campaigned for Arts Council England to recognise the Notting Hill Carnival as an art form.
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Leila Hassan became involved in the Black Power movement in the late 1960s.
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Leila Hassan worked for the Institute of Race Relations from 1970, as Information Officer.
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Leila Hassan was a member of the Black Unity and Freedom Party before she became involved in the collective.
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In 2019, Leila Hassan Howe co-edited Here to Stay, Here to Fight, a collection of writings from Race Today, published by Pluto Press, which aimed to introduce new audiences to Britain's black radical politics.
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Leila Ramadhan Hassan was born on 13 June 1948 in Zanzibar; her family were Muslim and she grew up as a devout member of the faith.
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Leila Hassan was married to the civil rights activist Darcus Howe, who was her predecessor as editor of Race Today.