Jessica Huntley | |
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Born | Jessica Elleisse Carroll 23 February 1927 Bagotstown, British Guiana (now Guyana) |
Died | 13 October 2013 Ealing Hospital, London, United Kingdom | (aged 86)
Occupation(s) | Publisher and community rights activist |
Known for | Founder of Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications (1969) |
Spouse(s) | Eric Huntley, m. 1950 |
Children | 3, inc. Accabre Huntley |
Jessica Elleisse Huntley (née Carroll; 23 February 1927 – 13 October 2013) was a Guyanese-British political reformer and prominent race equality campaigner. She was a publisher of black and Asian literature, and a women's and community rights activist. She is notable as the founder in 1969 of Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications in London.