Coming of Age : 1976 and the Road to Anti-Racism

Above left: The Imperial Typewriters
strike on the summer
of 1974, South Asian workers
went on an unofficial strike
and had little support from
the TGWU. The strike lasted
from May to August 1974 and
can be seen as a low point in
the relations between black
and white workers Above
right : ritain’s first Black Power
organisation and the precursor
to the Black Unity and
Freedom Party,
Middle left : The Brixton Black
Women’s Group was started
by Olive Morris and other
women who had been active in
the Black Panther Movement.
The Group was formed to address
the specific issues faced
by Black women, and to offer
advice and support,
Right : BPFM newspaper from
1972 supporting Pakistani
workers in Crepe Sizes ltd,
Nottingham
Right : From the trial of the
Mangrove Nine. In the tenth
week flyers were created to
build awareness around the
case.
Bottom Right : Grassroots
covering the Spaghetti House
seige, 1975. Laer, the police
raided the printers of
Grassroots and the houses of
BLF members, including those
in which they had housed
homeless youths, where two of
the accused had stayed.
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