Soar: My Journey from Council Estate to the House of Lords - Couverture rigide

Woolley, Simon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1786581175 ISBN 13 : 9781786581174

Editeur : Manilla Press, 2022

Synopsis

Simon Woolley is a member of the House of Lords, the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college, and a policy changemaker who has the ear of prime ministers and the future King. But this is a Lord who wants to shake up the establishment; an outsider who knows how important it is to bring underrepresented voices to the table. Raised by loving white foster parents on the impoverished St Matthew's Estate in Leicester, young Simon soon learnt about politics while in line at the barber's and about racism as one of the few Black children in the neighbourhood. The desire to make the world better was awakened during a trip to South America, where he saw revolutionary politics first hand, and discovered how activism could change people's lives. Inspired, he co-founded Operation Black Vote in 1996, credited with encouraging thousands of Black men and women to exercise their right to vote over the past 25 years.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Born in Leicester in 1961, Simon Woolley, Kt, Lord Woolley of Woodford co-founded Operation Black Vote in 1996, and was elevated to the House of Lords in 2019. As the principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, he is the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manilla Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1786581175
• ISBN 13: 9781786581174
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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