Have you heard of the Indian Workers’ Association? The Grunwick Strike? The Brixton Black Women’s Group? The Battle of Brick Lane? If the answer is no, you’re not alone.
The Shoulders We Stand On tells the stories of ten remarkable movements, campaigns and organisations led by Black and Brown people across Britain from the sixties to the eighties that fought against racism and capitalism and impacted the way we live now.
This online session with researcher and historian Preeti Dhillon will help us to reclaim the history that has been withheld, and use these vital movements and inspirational moments to better understand the UK we live in today and how change happens.
We will cover:
Virginity testing at Heathrow
Racist immigration laws.
Bail conditions as a weapon
Bussing out the ‘darkies’ education segregation UK style
Proving you gave birth to your children, The Anwar Ditta story
How to make and keep your family history alive
Science fiction and reality the legacy of ‘Sus’
From ‘illegal’squats to Housing Associations, Darcus Howe and the East End
Black and Asian representation in government and their policies
The crossover between Black and Asian grassroots activism
A group of three multi-ethnic children from a blended family standing together outdoors in their yard, posing and smiling for the camera. The caucasian boy on the left is 11 years old. His stepsister and stepbrother are 13 year old twins, mixed race African-American and Caucasian.