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|birth_name=Doreen Delceita Graham | |birth_name=Doreen Delceita Graham | ||
|birth_date=24 October 1952 | |birth_date=24 October 1952 | ||
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| + | |spouses=Neville Lawrence | ||
| + | |alma_mater=University of Greenwich | ||
| + | |constitutes=Writer, politician | ||
| + | |birth_place=Colony of Jamaica | ||
| + | |nationality=British | ||
| + | |description=Mother of [[Stephen Lawrence]], who was murdered in a racist attack in 1993. Ennobled in 2013 as a Life Peer in the [[House of Lords]], where she supports the [[Labour Party]] | ||
| + | |political_parties=Labour | ||
| + | |children=Stephen Lawrence, The Hon. Stuart Lawrence, Georgina Lawrence | ||
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| + | |title=Member of the House of Lords | ||
| + | |start=15 October 2013 | ||
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| + | |title=Chancellor of De Montfort University | ||
| + | |start=22 January 2016 | ||
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'''Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon''', is a British Jamaican campaigner and the mother of [[Stephen Lawrence]], a black British teenager who was [[Stephen Lawrence/Murder|murdered]] in a racist attack in South East London on 22 April 1993.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26465916 "Stephen Lawrence murder: A timeline of how the story unfolded"]</ref> She promoted reforms of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] and founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. She was appointed OBE for "services to community relations" in 2003, and was ennobled in 2013 as a Life Peer in the [[House of Lords]], where she supports the [[Labour Party]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/31/doreen-lawrence-labour-peer "Doreen Lawrence to be made a Labour peer"]</ref> | '''Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon''', is a British Jamaican campaigner and the mother of [[Stephen Lawrence]], a black British teenager who was [[Stephen Lawrence/Murder|murdered]] in a racist attack in South East London on 22 April 1993.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26465916 "Stephen Lawrence murder: A timeline of how the story unfolded"]</ref> She promoted reforms of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] and founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. She was appointed OBE for "services to community relations" in 2003, and was ennobled in 2013 as a Life Peer in the [[House of Lords]], where she supports the [[Labour Party]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/31/doreen-lawrence-labour-peer "Doreen Lawrence to be made a Labour peer"]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:26, 19 August 2022
 Baroness Lawrence      (Writer, politician) | |||||||||||||||||
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 Addressing the 2013 Labour Party conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Doreen Delceita Graham 24 October 1952 Colony of Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Greenwich | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | • Stephen Lawrence • The Hon. Stuart Lawrence • Georgina Lawrence | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Neville Lawrence | ||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
Mother of Stephen Lawrence, who was murdered in a racist attack in 1993. Ennobled in 2013 as a Life Peer in the House of Lords, where she supports the Labour Party
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Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, is a British Jamaican campaigner and the mother of Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager who was murdered in a racist attack in South East London on 22 April 1993.[1] She promoted reforms of the Metropolitan Police Service and founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. She was appointed OBE for "services to community relations" in 2003, and was ennobled in 2013 as a Life Peer in the House of Lords, where she supports the Labour Party.[2]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Doreen and Karen – a tale of two mothers | article | 15 August 2013 | Francis Carr Begbie | A startling and telling comparison of the treatment of two horrific racially-motivated murders by the UK Establishment. |
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