In 2021, Lawrence Wishart launched the Radical Black Women book series, in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives. The series seeks to spotlight the contributions of radical Black women to social justice movements in Britain. It aims to redress, if even in a small way, the dire lack of resources about Black British history in general, and Black women’s history in particular. The first book in the series was a new edition of Claudia Jones: A life in exile, with a preface by Black feminist researcher Lola Olufemi. Subsequent titles include Gerlin Bean: Mother of the Movement by A.S. Francis; Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives by Nydia Swaby; The Making of June Givanni’s Pan African Cinema Archive by Onyeka Igwe; and Stella Dadzie: A Whole Heap of Mix-Up by Stella Dadzie (published in autumn 2025).

LW has run a number of events as part of the series and has hosted discussions with a range of activists, artists and academics. We have also produced educational resources based on the series, in conjunction with the Young Historians Project, which are free to download and reproduce via the ‘education resources’ link below.