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==Early life and career==
Jocelyn Barrow, daughter of [[
Barrow was a founding member, general secretary and later vice-chair of [[Campaign Against Racial Discrimination]] (CARD) – the organisation that between 1964 and 1967 lobbied for race relations legislation and was responsible for the [[Race Relations Act 1968|Race Relations Act of 1968]].<ref>Iyiola Solanke, [https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/sites/default/files/BritishAcademyReview26_1.pdf "The Race Relations Act @ 50 conference Where were you?"], in ''British Academy Review'' Issue 26 (Summer 2015), pp. 20–21.</ref> Barrow said in a 2019 interview: "Card was a very effective organisation though it wasn’t as grassroots as I would have liked it to have been. It was led by people like me, [[David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead|Lord [David] Pitt]] and [[Anthony Lester]], a QC. The people at the bottom were too busy trying to survive though some did join."<ref name=CNJ />
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Barrow was also a leading member of the North London West Indian Association (NLWIA), set up in 1965 as a major component of the West Indian Standing Conference, which had been founded in 1958 after the [[Notting Hill riots]] to speak out on behalf of West Indians; among other activities, the NWLIA responded to prejudice against black children in the state education system, which was exposed in a leaked report.<ref>[https://www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org/collection/black-education-movement "The Black Education Movement"], [[George Padmore Institute]].</ref>
In 1968, she was appointed vice-chair of the International Human Rights Year Committee, and from 1968 to 1972 was a member of the [[Community Relations Commission]]. Barrow also held the post of vice-president of the [[Townswomen's Guild|National Union of Townswomen's Guilds]].<ref name="BBC Annual Report" />
As a senior teacher, and later as a teacher-trainer, at Furzedown Teachers College and at the [[Institute of Education]] in the 1960s, she pioneered the introduction of multi-cultural education, stressing the needs of the various ethnic groups in the UK.<ref>[[Patrick Vernon]], [https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/interviews/windrush-pioneer-patrick-vernon-interviews-dame-jocelyn-barrow-obe/ "Windrush Pioneer: Patrick Vernon Interviews Dame Jocelyn Barrow OBE"], ''Black History 365'', 7 October 2018.</ref><ref name=UG /> She was a member of the Taylor Committee of School Governors.<ref name="BBC Annual Report" /> In 1984, she co-founded Arawidi Publications, a children's publishing house, with Yvonne Collymore. Named after a Caribbean sun-deity, Arawidi published children's books in a variety of language forms including [[Languages of the Caribbean#Creole languages|West Indian dialects]] and [[Glasgow patter|Glaswegian]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=London Diary|date=19 April 1984|work=[[Jamaican Gleaner]]|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Klein|first=Gillian|url=https://archive.org/stream/TESGlobal1984UKEnglish/May%2011%201984%2C%20The%20Times%20Educational%20Supplement%2C%20%233541%2C%20UK%20%28en%29#page/n15/mode/1up|title=Children's Literature|date=11 May 1984|work=[[The Times Educational Supplement]]|access-date=21 April 2020|page=30}}</ref>
Between 1981 and 1988, Barrow served as a governor of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]],<ref>D. Butler, [https://books.google.
She was chair of the 2005 [[Mayor's Commission on African and Asian Heritage]] (MCAAH), set up by then [[Mayor of London]] [[Ken Livingstone]], that produced the report ''Delivering Shared Heritage'',<ref>Thomas L. Blair, [https://chronicleworld.net/2009/04/26/notebook-on-equality-britain/ "Notebook on Equality Britain – Quietly, Model Black Women Are Building Sisterly Bonds"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412103650/https://chronicleworld.net/2009/04/26/notebook-on-equality-britain/ |date=12 April 2020 }}, ''Chronicle World'', 26 April 2009.</ref> about which she said: "Our findings and resulting recommendations, far from being of interest only to African and Asian communities, set out a code of values for delivering inclusive and healthy heritage management practice for everyone."<ref>Barrow, Dame Jocelyn, [https://www.academia.edu/421539/Delivering_Shared_Heritage_Report_Mayors_Commission_on_African_and_Asian_Heritage "Chair's foreword"], ''Delivering Shared Heritage Report, Mayor's Commission on African and Asian Heritage'', [[Greater London Authority]], July 2005, p. 7.</ref>
She was instrumental in the establishment of the [[International Slavery Museum|North Atlantic Slavery Gallery]] and the [[Merseyside Maritime Museum]] in [[Liverpool]]. She was a Trustee of the [[National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside]] and a Governor of the [[British Film Institute]], as well as the first patron of the [[Black Cultural Archives]] (BCA).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mullard|first=Chris|date=2020-05-25|title=Dame Jocelyn Barrow obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/dame-jocelyn-barrow-obituary|access-date=2020-05-28|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Acknowledging the key influence she had in the founding of BCA, their tribute to her stated: "Also known as the African People's Historical Monument Foundation, Dame Jocelyn recognised the need for a national monument like BCA to educate future generations."<ref>[https://blackculturalarchives.org/blog/2020/4/10/tribute-to-dame-jocelyn-barrow-obe-dbe "Tribute to Dame Jocelyn Barrow OBE DBE"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411223630/https://blackculturalarchives.org/blog/2020/4/10/tribute-to-dame-jocelyn-barrow-obe-dbe |date=11 April 2020 }}, Black Cultural Archives, 10 April 2020.</ref>
==Personal life==
Jocelyn Barrow was married in 1970 to barrister Henderson (Hendy) Downer (d. January 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Retired Court of Appeal Judge Henderson Downer has died |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230105/retired-court-appeal-judge-henderson-downer-has-died |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |language=en}}</ref> of [[Lincoln's Inn]] and the [[Jamaican Bar]],<ref name="BBC Annual Report" /> and they lived in Long Yard, [[Lamb's Conduit Street]]. She died aged 90 on 9 April 2020, having been admitted to [[University College Hospital]].<ref>Angela Cobbinah, [http://camdennewjournal.com/article/dame-jocelyn-barrow-pioneer-who-was-champion-of-race-equality "Dame Jocelyn Barrow, pioneer who was champion of race equality"], ''[[Camden New Journal]]'', 16 April 2020.</ref>
==Honours and legacy==
In 1972,
She was voted one of the "[[100 Great Black Britons]]" in the campaign launched by [[Every Generation Media]] in 2003,<ref>[https://100greatblackbritons.com/list.html "100 Great Black Britons – Alphabetical Listing"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624024043/http://100greatblackbritons.com/list.html |date=24 June 2021 }}; [https://100greatblackbritons.com/bios/dame_jocely_barrow.html "Dame Jocelyn Barrow"] at 100 Great Black Britons.</ref> and in the 2020 relaunched list and accompanying book.
She received honorary doctorates from the [[University of Greenwich]] in 1993<ref name=UG /> and from the [[University of York]] in 2007.<ref>[https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2007/york-honours-nine/ "University of York honours nine"], University of York, 6 July 2007.</ref>
She was listed in June 2023 as one of the [[British African-Caribbean people|Windrush generation]] who struggled for civil rights in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Motune |first=Vic |date=June 2023 |title=Windrush generation's fight for civil rights |pages=4–5 |work=[[The Voice (British newspaper)|The Voice]]}}</ref>
==Other affiliations==
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==External links==
* [http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/dame_jocely_barrow.html Jocelyn Barrow's biodata] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411231949/https://100greatblackbritons.com/bios/dame_jocely_barrow.html |date=11 April 2020 }}
* [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/52767/supplements/7 Notice of Barrow's damehood in ''London Gazette'']
* [https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/interviews/windrush-pioneer-patrick-vernon-interviews-dame-jocelyn-barrow-obe/ Interview in 2018] with [[Patrick Vernon]]
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