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Tony Sewell

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Tony Sewell is CEO of the charity Generating Genius

March 2011

  • Response
    double quotation markThis brave black woman just wants to teach. She's not merely a poster girl for the Tories

    Tony Sewell
    Response: Katharine Birbalsingh is a free thinker who wants the best for poor and black pupils, says Tony Sewell

March 2010

  • double quotation markBlack boys are too feminised

    Tony Sewell

    Tony Sewell: More than racism, the absence of father figures is the main problem holding back black kids in school

October 2008

  • Marcus Garvey rides through a parade in Harlem, 1922

    double quotation markThe architect of a world of free minds

    Tony Sewell

    Tony Sewell: Black History Month: My hero, Marcus Garvey, was deemed a segregationist, but he strove to remind Africans of their extraordinary power and heritage

September 2008

  • double quotation markRacism is not the problem

    Tony Sewell

    Tony Sewell: Warwick University's accusation of institutional racism in schools undermines teachers and fails to answer important questions

October 2007

  • Conference 07: Conservatives
    double quotation markFrom hugs to harm

    Tony Sewell

    Tony Sewell: Conservatives 07: The Tories' desire to make schools the sole judge and jury over expulsions demonstrates the party's double standards.

February 2004

  • double quotation markSomeone to look up to

    Tony Sewell and Amina Taylor
    Tony Sewell is embarrassed to be shortlisted as one of the 100 Greatest Black Britons. Amina Taylor tells him it's an honour .

July 2003

  • double quotation markLook beyond the street

    Lee Jasper and Dr Tony Sewell
    In this week's email exchange, Lee Jasper and Dr Tony Sewell argue over why so many black boys under-achieve at school.