Sarah White

Sarah was a veteran activist in the struggle for racial equality and social justice for over half a century. With her partner John La Rose, she co-founded New Beacon Books in 1966, and remained a director there until 2019. She was involved in the Caribbean Artists Movement (1966 on), supported the Black Parents Movement, and was one of the main organisers of the International Book Fairs of Radical Black and Third World Books (1982-95). Sarah was a co-founder of the George Padmore Institute in 1991 and served as their Secretary until 2021.