Black History Month online – Reflections on 2020
by Suzy Rowland, Oct 2020
Growing up in a mainly white area of Birmingham in the 1970s, a child of 2nd generation immigrants with my kinky curly hair, brown skin, gap-tooth smile, and skinny legs, I couldn’t hide my difference. My mother was Jamaican born and spoke the Queen’s English, but I tried to adopt a ‘Brummie’ accent and a zany line of chatter to cover my shyness. Like many only children, I inhabited a vivid imaginary world and loved reading.