Una Marson was a pioneering poet, journalist, and broadcaster. As the BBC’s first Black woman producer and broadcaster, she reshaped what it meant to be Caribbean, modern, and unapologetically visible in a world determined not to see her. Early Beginnings Born in 1905 in Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Marson was the youngest of nine children. Her sharp intellect and fierce independence showed early, and at 21, she launched her journalism career as an assistant editor at  The Critic  in

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On 12 th September 1992, the world watched as Dr. Mae C Jemison boarded the Space Shuttle Endeavour and made history. With that single launch, she became the first African American woman to travel to space, challenging the narrative of who belongs in science, space and beyond. From Chicago to Space: A Journey Fuelled by Curiosity Born in Decatur, Alabama, and raised in Chicago, Dr. Jemison was the youngest of three children and grew up in a home that valued education and amb