Baroness Valerie Amos
By
Colin Graham
1998
Baroness Valerie Amos was the first Black woman cabinet minister, the joint first Black woman peer, and the first Black Leader of the House of Lords — only the third woman in history to lead the upper house of Parliament.
This image captures her at the 50th Anniversary of the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush, an event led by the Windrush Foundation and held on 22 June 1998 at the University of London’s Logan Hall.
Other key participants and speakers at the 1998 anniversary event included:
Sir Bill Morris
Sam King MBE
The Rt Hon Paul Boateng MP
The Rt Hon Sir Peter Bottomley MP
Professor the Baroness Lola Young
Sir Simon Hughes MP
Trevor Phillips OBE
The Rt Hon Baroness Oona King (then Oona King MP)
