Civil Rights Movement

2CB3MK8 Men, women and children from the Caribbean arrive at Southampton in 1962 at the invitation of the British Government to help with rebuilding Britain after World War II. These people became the Windrush Generation due to their treatment by the British Home Office under a hostile environment policy where employers and other organisations were required to ask for visas.

Marking 60 Years Since the Race Relations Act of 1965 

In November 1965, Britain made history. For the first time, Parliament recognised that racism was not just a…


2YF6A54 File photo dated 30/10/20 of Paul Stephenson next to a GWR (Great Western Railway) train bearing his name after it was unveiled at Bristol Temple Meads station to celebrate Black History Month. Civil rights campaigner Paul Stephenson, known for his prominent role in the Bristol Bus Boycott, has died aged 87. Issue date: Sunday November 3, 2024.

Paul Stephenson: – The Quiet Revolutionary

On a damp spring morning in 1963, Bristol’s buses rolled through the city half-empty. Passengers stayed away. The…


2EJ522N Claudette Colvin (b.1939). Portrait of the pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement, taken in 1954. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. This occurred nine months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks, helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.

Claudette Colvin: The Teenage Revolutionary Who Ignited a Movement

In the spring of 1955, when the streets of Montgomery, Alabama, were still divided by the sharp lines…


2HKJNR6 Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), American civil rights activist, attending Walter Reuther Press Conference, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, March 17, 1965

Bayard Rustin: A Gay Man in the Civil Rights Movement.

Bayard Rustin was an unsung hero whose indomitable spirit and relentless dedication carved a pivotal path in the…


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Leeds 18 – 19 Nov 2025

The Legends of Them

A memory: Award-winning reggae pioneer Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee – hears her radio debut from Holloway Prison. Another: She’s…

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Celebrate the festive season in style with the sensational Down for the Count Swing Orchestra, as they head…