Today’s Google Doodle honours the life of social activist Olive Morris.
Born this day in 1952 in Jamaica, Olive Morris became a prominent figure in the anti-racism and radical feminist movements in the 1970s in London and Manchester.
She died of cancer in 1979 at the age of 27. Today's Doodle honours her campaign for liberation, democracy and socialism.
Here's all you need to know about Olive Morris.
Who was Olive Morris?
Olive Elaine Morris was born 68 years ago today in St Catherine, Jamaica. She moved to London at the age of nine with her parents and her five siblings as part of the Windrush generation.
After leaving school without qualifications she went on to study at the London College of Communication.
Olive studied social sciences at Manchester University and was an active member of the Manchester Black Women's Cooperative.
In 1968 Olive became part of the British Black Panther Movement. She was central to the squatters' campaign in the 1970s, opening the 121 Railton Road squat in 1973 with Liz Obi.
According to the writers of the political biography of civil rights campaigner, Darcus Howe, Olive turned squatting into an art form.
The campaigner was passionate about the struggle of black women and in 1974 she co-founded the Brixton Black Women's Group and the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent (OWAAD).
Olive's work wasn't just restricted to London and Manchester. She travelled often and enjoyed visiting China to see how people were building a socialist society in Asia.
Olive first became ill during a trip to Spain in 1978. When she returned to the UK, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Unfortunately treatment was unsuccessful and Olive died on July 12 in 1979 at the age of 27.
Lambeth Council has named a building after the social activist and in 2011 a memorial award was launched in her name to support young black women with bursaries.
