Clover Graham
Clover Graham | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 Portland Parish, Jamaica |
| Died | (aged 56) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Clover Graham (1956-2012) was a Jamaican lawyer, university lecturer, and honorary liaison to the UNHCR in Jamaica (1998-2012), specialising in human rights.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Graham was born in Portland, Jamaica. She studied at Kingston University and the London School of Economics.[1]
Career
[edit]Graham worked at Brixton Community Law Centre, specialising in racial discrimination cases, and defending people prosecuted during the 1981 Brixton riot. She also worked at the Norman Manley Law School legal aid clinic, and lectured at the University of Technology, both in Jamaica.[2] She also specialised in defending immigrants and asylum seekers.[3]
Activism
[edit]She campaigned for the curriculum at Norwood Girls' School, South London, to reflect Black history and achievements.[1][4]
She was a member of the Brixton Black Women's Group,[5][6] facilitating the Mary Seacole craft group which supported working class mothers to gain skills and financial independence.[1] She was a volunteer at Sabarr Books, Brixton, the first volunteer-run Black bookshop in London.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Graham was diagnosed with cancer in 2001.[citation needed] In 2007, her son, Taiwo, and his girlfriend, Jhanel Whyte, were murdered in St Andrew, Jamaica.[1][3][7]
Graham was murdered in August 2012, at the age of 56.[8] Human Rights Watch, UNHRC, and The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights called for justice for the crime.[3][2][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Bryan, Beverley; Bean, Gerlin (2012-09-12). "Clover Graham obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ a b "Jamaica activist Clover Graham's murder brings UN call". BBC News. 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ a b c "Jamaica: Investigate Killing of Human Rights Defender". Human Rights Watch. 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ Amarteifio, Ebsen William (2013-06-11). Humanity and the Nature of Man. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4817-9793-1.
- ^ Speak Out!: The Brixton Black Women's Group. Verso Books. 2023-10-10. pp. xv. ISBN 978-1-80429-197-9.
{{cite book}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ Bettocchi, Milo (2021). Fairies, Feminists, and Queer Anarchists: Geographies of squatting in Brixton, south London (PDF). University of Nottingham.
- ^ "Murderbook 2000-2009 – Total Crime". Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ "Accused in murder of attorney Clover Graham a no-show for trial". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ OAS (2009-08-01). "PReleases/2012/107.asp". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
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- 2012 murders in North America
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- 20th-century Jamaican women
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- 21st-century Jamaican women
- Black feminists
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- People murdered in Jamaica
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