Valda James: The Trailblazer Who Became Islington’s First Black Mayor
This Women’s History Month and following International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating an extraordinary Islington trailblazer: Councillor Valda James. Part of the Windrush generation, Valda, 98, arrived in the UK from Jamaica and went on to make history in our borough. In 1986 she became the first Black woman elected to Islington Council, and in 1988 […]