A.S. Francis

A.S. Francis is a PhD student at the University of Chichester researching women’s involvements in Britain’s Black radical organisations during the 1960s-1980s, and the development of a Black women’s movement.

In addition to this PhD research, Francis is in the process of writing a book celebrating the longstanding and far-reaching activism of Gerlin Bean, which will be published in October 2023 as part of LW’s Radical BLack Women series. Francis is also a consultant to the Young Historians Project, member of the History Matters collective and co-founder of the History Matters Journal.