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9:34 AM August 4, 2021
Selma James holds a Q&A celebrating her new book - at the age of 91 - in Kilburn
- Credit: Global Women s Strike/Sara Callaway
One of Camden s most enduring civil rights campaigners Selma James launched a new book, at the age of 91, last week.
Selma James helped found the Crossroads Women s Centre in Kentish Town and has been a pioneering part of the antiracism and women s rights movements for half a century.
She was at Off Side Books in Kilburn to hold an event celebrating her new anthology.
Selma James signs her new anthology outside of a Kilburn bookshop
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