Camden Black Sisters (CBS) is a community organization founded in 1979, which provides support to black women in the

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. It was especially noteworthy as a site of community activism in the 1980s.

History

Lee Kane and Yvonne Joseph founded Camden Black Sisters during a 1979 conference of the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent. Another cofounder was

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. The filmmaker

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was a young member of the Camden Black Sisters, and used stories of older members in her 1986 film ''The Passion of Remembrance''.

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was another member. The group in based in Falkland Road, Camden. It provides a library for black women to read about black history, rooms for community groups to meet, and a venue for performing workshops, conferences and seminars. It has published a newsletter, ''Black Sista: A Camden Black Sisters Newsletter for Members''.Subject Guide: The Black Women's Movement
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References

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