Olive Morris

Olive Morris (1952 - 1979) was a community leader and active in the squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s.^[1]

Morris was a founder member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) and set up the Brixton Black Women's Group.^[2]

Morris was born in Jamaica in 1952 and moved to London with her family at an early age. She lived predominantly in South London. Morris died at the age of 27 in 1979.^[3][4]

Morris' is depicted on the B£1 denomination of the Brixton Pound, a local currency in Brixton, London.^[5]

References

1. ^ Olive Morris House
2. ^ Olive Morris House
3. ^ Olive Morris House
4. ^ Olive Morris
5. ^ Brixton has run on the pound as shoppers clamour for local currency

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Name	Morris, Olive
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Date of birth	1952
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Date of death	1979
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