A young Black mother holds a child at her hip while others gather close beside a shop window. Photographed by Charlie Phillips, Notting Hill, London, England, circa 1960s–1970s.
A Black family occupies the steps of a row house. Photographer unknown, West London, England, circa 1970s.
Jamaican poet Michael Smith, West London, 1982 © Adrian Boot.
The Sound system/ reggae scene in London, circa 1970s–1980s.
Notting Hill Carnival: The Early Years: Revellers make their way down the carnival route. Photographed by Richard Braine.
Young Black women along a crowded street, their posture attentive, West London, England (Portobello / Ladbroke Grove area), circa 1970s.
Notting Hill Carnival, 1978.
Two young Black men stand beside a stack of large speakers on a residential street, Notting Hill, London, England, circa 1970s.
Chris Steele-Perkins: Brixton 1973-1975.
A group of Black teenagers in mid-laughter, Notting Hill, London, England, circa late 1960s–1970s.
Brixton in the 1950s.
A group of Caribbean immigrants arriving in Britain post-World War II.
George Jackson is dead, Grosvenor Square from the series Growing Up Black, photograph by Dennis Morris, 1971, England. Museum no. E.1487-2010. © Dennis Morris/ Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Untitled from the series The Black House, photograph by Colin Jones, 1973 – 6, England. Museum no. E.300-2013. © Colin Jones/ Autograph ABP/ Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Formal head-and-shoulders portrait of a young Black man in a suit and bow tie, composed with direct gaze. Photographed by Marion & Co. , Cambridge, England , circa 1890s.
Portrait of a Black man holding a top hat and gloves, posed with a walking stick, conveying middle-class respectability. Photographed by Emberton & Sons Location: London and Surrey, England , circa 1890s.
Three-quarter portrait of a young Black man in formal attire, turned slightly in profile. Photographed by J. Laing , Shrewsbury, England , circa 1880s–1890s.
Studio portrait of a Black woman in a fitted dress, posed beside an upholstered chair. Photographed by Medrington , Liverpool, England , circa 1880s–1890s.
Full-length portrait of a Black boy wearing a top hat and holding an umbrella, posed before a painted landscape backdrop. Photographed by Medrington, Liverpool, England (Bold Street) , circa 1870s–1880s.
Seated portrait of a young Black boy holding a cane beside a small table, composed in a restrained studio interior. Photographed by S. Braithwaite, Whitby, England , circa 1870s–1880s.
Oval vignette portrait of a young woman wearing a high-collared dress with floral adornment. Photographed by Charles, Aston New Town, Birmingham, England , circa 1880s.
Profile portrait of a Black man with beard, presented in an oval vignette against a plain ground. Photographer: unknown , United Kingdom , circa 1860s–1870s.
Mark Francis Willoughby, photographed by Armstead and Maltby of Upper Street, Islington.
Unidentified sitter, photographed by Charles Hall of Leeds.
Photograph of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, September 1862. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
A portrait of James Pinson Labulo Davies and Sarah Forbes Bonetta, photographed in London in 1862 by Camille Silvy.
Unidentified baby, photographed by E. Denney and Co of Exeter.
The 1906 group, Drysdale (third from right), Jackson (third from left), Bryan seated left, Nation standing right.
Carlton Bryan ‘pulling a face’, two images from 1906.
Photograph of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra at a London venue around 1920.
Underside of overturned car with two men walking past from the series Handsworth Riots, photograph by Pogus Caesar, 1985, England. Museum no. E.1200-2012. © Pogus Caesar/ Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Cynthia M Prescod at Home in Primrose Hill, London, photograph by Normski, 1986, England. Museum no. E.108-2012. © Normski/ Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Photograph of Evelyn Dove. Sourced from The Stephen Bourne Collection, Mary Evans Picture Library.
Portrait of Evelyn Dove, 1935, by Carl Van Vechten.
![Newspaper article from the Southern Daily Echo [Southampton] entitled ‘700 work- wanting Jamaicans arrive at Southampton’, 3 May 1954. From The National Archives.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b41067c4042363cf11625f/c12c63de-efbc-402a-bc38-c5af6fe7c144/1000017989.jpg)
Newspaper article from the Southern Daily Echo [Southampton] entitled ‘700 work- wanting Jamaicans arrive at Southampton’, 3 May 1954. From The National Archives.
![Newspaper article from the Express and Star [Wolverhampton] 9 August 1956. From The National Archives.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b41067c4042363cf11625f/4e4a63aa-8050-44d9-8707-dc7eea9236c6/1000017990.jpg)
Newspaper article from the Express and Star [Wolverhampton] 9 August 1956. From The National Archives.
'Fourteen-year-old Leonard Blackett of Bute Town or Tiger Bay paints a scene from Hamlet, 1950’.
‘Girls being taught bread making at the Aylwin Comprehensive School for Girls, Bermondsey, 5th November 1971’.
‘West Indians queuing for the final test match at the oval, South London, 22 August 1963’.
Twin brothers Peter and Fred (aged thirteen) during a break in a training session at Woodford Bridge, Essex, 10 April 1959.
‘Teenagers outside the Clyp Youth Club, 1978’.
‘West Indians queuing for the final test match at the oval, South London, 22 August 1963’.
Newsletter entitled ‘Black People’s News Service’ published by the British Black Panther Party, the largest Black Power group in Britain, 1970. From The National Archives.
Picture of the BPM's Freedom News, from "From migrant to settler and the making of a Black community: an autoethnographic account" by Bryan (2020)
Article from BLACK VOICE - from "From migrant to settler and the making of a Black community: an autoethnographic account" by Bryan (2020)
Cover of "Speak Out" by the Brixton Black Women's Group - from "From migrant to settler and the making of a Black community: an autoethnographic account" by Bryan (2020)
Black Power in Britain, published by the Universal Coloured People’s Association (UCPA), 1967.
Manifesto titled "Our Aims & Objects" from the Universal Coloured Peoples Association (UCPA).
Rear face of a Holborn Trades Council leaflet promoting a 1943 anti-discrimination meeting, and citing the cases of Amelia King and Learie Constantine. Londoners' Protest Meeting Against Racial Discrimination (leaflet), 1943, Amelia King, Women's Land Army. Londoners' Protest Meeting Against Racial Discrimination (leaflet)̠, 1943; Trades Union Congress, "Colour Problem: Race Relations", 1944-1960, Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
A leaflet from the Black Panther Movement in Britain, advertising a "National Conference on the Rights of Black People in Britain" , 1971
The Negro World.
1973 issue of Grass Root. From The National Archives.
Black Voice, paper of the Black Unity and Freedom Party (BUFP). Vol.6, No1, 1975.
The Leveller, issue No. 54. From Black Cultural Archives.
Black Echoes music paper dated 24 February 1979.
Cover of the book "How the West Indian Child Is Made Educationally Subnormal in the British School System" by Bernard Coard.
Flyer for the Ahfiwe School, a supplementary school in Brixton, London. From Black Cultural Archives.
Speak Out Pamphlet Black Women's Group Brixton Black Cultural Archives, London UK. The newsletter of the Black Women's Group Brixton. Issues no. 1 to 4. Details Title: Speak Out Pamphlet Creator: Black Women's Group Brixton Date Created: c1980-1985 Location Created: United Kingdom Provenance: From the papers of Stella Dadzie External Link: Black Cultural Archives Theme: Politics
The Blackman Vol.2 No.4 (Apr/May 1970)
Black Life - Brixton published by the Black Panther Movement (16 March 1973)
The Dominica Star Vol. 11 No. 21 (21 November 1970)
New World Quarterly (Croptime 1966)