Excerpt: Aspirations and Resistance: Community Librarians of Colour Contributing to the First Five Years of Anti-Racist Magazine Dragons Teeth (1979-1984)

By examining Dragons Teeth – a British magazine that advocated for anti-racism and multiculturalism in children's books, this study excavates the history of anti-racist activism within UK librarianship, with a focus on three public librarians who contributed to the magazine: Ann Thompson, Jaswinder Gundara and Ziggi Alexander.