Statue of education pioneer unveiled
A STATUE of Wales’ first black headteacher has been unveiled in Cardiff.
Betty Campbell MBE is thought to be the first named, non-fictionalised woman to have a monument in her honour erected in an outdoor public space in the country.
Mrs Campbell, who died in 2017 aged 82, has been immortalised in bronze for her “pioneering” work championing equality and diversity. She was chosen for the memorial by the Welsh public who voted in BBC Wales’ Hidden Heroines campaign.
Born in Butetown in 1934, as a child she was told by teachers her dream of becoming an educator was “insurmountable”. During her time as headteacher of Mount Stuart Primary School in Butetown pupils began being taught about slavery and black history, inspired by the US civil rights movement. Her work to provide multicultural education became recognised internationally.