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next, when yvonne conolly became britain's first black female head teacher in 1969, she received so manyr for her first day in the job. yvonne told us how she refused to let prejudice define her relationship with the children she taught. archive: there is no colour problem at ring cross infant school. - mrs yvonne conolly has to be thanked for that. i but there's an awful lot of love, most of it for her. _ she's london's first - west indian head teacher, and what a hit she is withi the kids, all 200 of them. i'm yvonne, i'm yvonne conolly. i was one of the first black head teachers in inner london in 1969. i had done three years of teacher training injamaica, so i thought, "i'll come to britain." i came in august 1963. a grey, grey day. i wondered what i had done. i had planned to be here for three years. but three years led to four years. i was very aware that there were racial tensions in quite a number of schools. i would turn up and somebody would just...i suppose without meaning it, say, "but you are black." my reply was, "yes i am, but i am also a teacher." so they were small silly