Jessica Huntley

For the fictional character, Jessica Huntley, see Daybreak (2019 TV series).

Jessica Huntley
Born
Jessica Elleisse Carroll

(1927-02-23)23 February 1927
Bagotstown, British Guiana (now Guyana)
Died13 October 2013(2013-10-13) (aged 86)
Ealing Hospital, London, United Kingdom
OccupationsPublisher and community rights activist
Known forFounder of Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications (1969)
Spouse
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(m. 1950)​
Children3, including Accabre

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.

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