Tionne Alliyah Parris

Tionne Alliyah Parris is a PhD candidate at the University of Hertfordshire. She specializes in African American protest history, with emphasis on the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Her PhD research focuses on Black Radical Women (namely Communist and communist-affiliated activists) of the mid-20th Century, and the long-term impact of their activism on the Black Power Movement.

Parris is also a coordinator and researcher at the Young Historians Project – a non-profit organization in the United Kingdom that aims to encourage youths of African and Caribbean heritage to study history in Britain. This organization produces a range of historical projects which focus on enriching public knowledge of Black British History.