Historical Organisations Linked to the George Padmore Institute
Since its foundation New Beacon Books has supported the development and activities of a number of important organisations and institutions. These have included:
1966 – The Caribbean Artists Movement
1969 – The Caribbean Education and Community Workers Association
1969 – The George Padmore Supplementary School, later called the George Padmore Community School
1975 – The Black Parents Movement and the Black Youth Movement emerged from the core of parents, students and teachers of the George Padmore Community School
1981 – The New Cross Massacre Action Committee
1982 – New Beacon Books founded in association with two other publishers, Race Today Publications and Bogle L’Overture Publications, the International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books, which held 12 important Book Fairs between 1982 and 1995
The archives of many of these organisations are lodged with the George Padmore Institute.
