Composed for Margaret Sloan Place in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Margaret Sloan-Hunter (1947–2004) was a pioneering Black feminist, lesbian, and civil rights advocate. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and raised in Chicago, she became deeply involved in activism from a young age. At 14, she joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and, at 17, founded the Junior Catholic Inter-Racial Council. She worked alongside Dr Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s and contributed to the “Open Housing Marches.”
Sloan-Hunter was one of the first editors of Ms. magazine, where she focused on issues of racism and sexism. She co-founded Lavender Women in 1971 and, with fellow activists like Jane Galvin-Lewis and Florynce Kennedy, helped create the National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO) in the early 1970s. The NBFO aimed to address the specific struggles Black women face, blending racial and feminist concerns.
In the 1970s, she moved to Oakland, California, where she helped establish the Women’s Foundation, the Berkeley Women’s Centre, and the Feminist School for Girls. An intersectional activist, Sloan-Hunter fought for African American, feminist, and lesbian rights throughout her life.
In 1995, she published Black & Lavender, a poetry collection reflecting on her experiences. She earned awards for public speaking in high school, studied speech and Women’s Studies, and later earned a degree in Women’s Studies from Antioch University in San Francisco.
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12/8
Ayrshire Places
Jig
Not Yet Recorded
Tarbolton Street
The Tarbolton Collection
The Three Six Five Collection
