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Black Education Movement
The material in this collection covers the early period of the Black Education Movement and the Black Supplementary Schools Movement (1968-1975). It represents just part of that Movement, which was and never has been a single organisation. However, it covers some of the major campaigns of the early period of the Black Education Movement that were based in North London, in particular the London Borough of Haringey. These early campaigns should also be seen as the background to, or the initial phase of, the Black Parents Movement (BPM), which ran from 1975 into the mid 1980s (see archive collection 'BPM'). The Black Supplementary School Movement (BSSM) spans both phases, being instigated by the Black Education Movement, but continuing alongside the Black Parents Movement. The majority of Black Supplementary School material is catalogued under the archive collection 'BEM'.
Black Parents Movement
The following material concerns the work of the Black Parents Movement, which ran from 20 Apr 1975 and was most active until the mid 1980s. The Movement can be seen as an extension of the Black Education Movement (see GB 2904 BEM) and was formed after struggles by black people in Britain during the late 1960s-1974 over issues of education, police, housing and unemployment in which its founding members had participated. Such issues continued to be the focus of Black Parents Movement activity, with members participating in a large number of campaigns and legal cases, together with international political activity, especially in Grenada and Guyana.
Caribbean Artists Movement
The following material is taken from, or relates to, the Caribbean Artists Movement, otherwise known as CAM. The collection is the product of extensive research undertaken by Anne Walmsley for the creation of her book 'The Caribbean Artists Movement 1966-1972: A Literary and Cultural History' [ISBN 1873201] published by New Beacon Books in 1992. Contemporary CAM documents and sound recordings were obtained for this research. However, the material has been supplemented by conducting interviews with members or associates of CAM, by producing new transcripts of existing sound recordings, by photographing members, and by preserving correspondence and administrative papers. The complete research process has also been documented with the production of detailed notes, indexes, charts and timetables. Full editorial and administrative work prior to publication is included in the material. The collection concludes with documents detailing a celebration of 40 years of the works of Andrew Salkey, designed to coincide with the launch of Anne Walmsley's book in 1992.
John La Rose
This fonds consists of some of the material collected by John La Rose between the 1950s and the 1980s. Selected items from the 1990s are also included. The material chosen here covers political and cultural trends during the period, especially in the UK and Caribbean. The JLR fonds is made up of published material, correspondence, and publicity material. The catalogue structure corresponds to the boxes in which the material was collected over the years. The 8 sub-fonds (UK Community Relations, UK Culture, UK Society and Politics, Africa, Caribbean, Cuba, East - covering the Middle East, Asia and Australasia - and North America) provide a starting point for research. The material has been catalogued by bundle, file, or by individual publication. Within each of the Caribbean, Africa, East, and North America sub-fonds, the material is organised into series corresponding to countries. Within the UK and Cuba sub-fonds, material is organised into series corresponding to the type and location of the producers of the records. Within each sub-fonds there are also series for journals and/or newspapers, apart from the UK and Caribbean sub-fonds, whose journals and newspapers are located in collections GB 2904 JOU and GB 2904 NEW respectively. All runs of journals and/or newspapers are currently incomplete, and the GPI Archive only holds one issue of some publications; please check the extent field. Often an organisation's records will be catalogued in GB 2904 JLR, for example publicity and organisational material produced by the West Indian Students Union, while any journals or newsletters, in this case the 'WISU Newsletter', is catalogued in GB 2904 JOU. Researchers are advised to note the GPI Archive's other collections, including the Caribbean Artists Movement (GB 2904 CAM) and the New Cross Massacre Action Committee GB (2904 NCM), in both of which John La Rose was an active participant.
Journals - UK and Caribbean
JOU: 'Journals, UK and Caribbean': Journals and newsletters published in the UK and Caribbean (excluding Cuba) are found in this collection, catalogued at series and file level. This is an accruing collection with the majority of the currently catalogued items belonging to the 1960s and 1970s. The 1960s and 1970s was a very active period of black struggles in both the UK and the Caribbean. In the UK organisations were formed to fight against acts of racism in society and to protect the rights and promote the culture of the new immigrant population. In the post-independent Caribbean it was a period of new radical and cultural ideas. There was also a lot of contact and mutual influence between the population of the Caribbean and the UK at this time. Many people from the Caribbean came to the British universities to study and there was a movement of people and ideas between the two regions. The George Padmore Institute collection includes such journals as Race Today, Black Liberator, Black Ram and Caribbean Insight from the UK and New World Quarterly, New World Fortnightly, Jamaica Journal, New Beginning Movement and Kontakto Antiyano from the Caribbean. For journals and newsletters published in Cuba, North America, East -covering the Middle East, Asia and Australasia - or Africa, see the fonds GB 2904 JLR. All runs of journals are incomplete, and the GPI Archive only holds one issue of some journals; please check the extent field. Often an organisation's records will be catalogued in GB 2904 JLR, for example publicity and organisational material produced by the West Indian Students Union, while any journals or newsletters, in this case the 'WISU Newsletter', are catalogued in GB 2904 JOU. Editorial details and publishing histories are included, where known
New Cross Massacre Campaign
The following material concerns the New Cross Massacre Campaign, and the work of the New Cross Massacre Action Committee. The Campaign formed during the aftermath of the alleged firebombing of the home of a West Indian family at 439 New Cross Road, South London on 18 Jan 1981. The fire resulted in the deaths of thirteen young black persons. Twenty seven others were seriously injured. An Inquest into the fire was held in Apr 1981, and again in 2004. No-one to date has been charged in relation to the fire, an open verdict being delivered on both occasions.
Newspapers, UK and Caribbean
EW: 'Newspapers, UK and Caribbean' Newspapers published in the UK and Caribbean (excluding Cuba) are found in this collection, catalogued at series and file level. This is an accruing collection with the majority of the currently catalogued items belonging to the 1960s and 1970s. The 1960s and 1970s was a very active period of black struggles in both the UK and the Caribbean. In the UK organisations were formed to fight against acts of racism in society and to protect the rights and promote the culture of the new immigrant population. In the post-independent Caribbean it was a period of new radical and cultural ideas. There was also a lot of contact and mutual influence between the population of the Caribbean and the UK at this time. Many people from the Caribbean came to the British universities to study and there was a movement of people and ideas between the two regions. The George Padmore Institute collection includes such newspapers as The Hustler, Grassroots, Black Panther Movement Publications and Black Echoes from the UK and Abeng, Moko, Tapia, Ratoon, Dominica Star, Caribbean Contact and Struggle from the Caribbean. For newspapers published in Cuba, North America, East - covering the Middle East, Asia and Australasia - or Africa, see fonds GB 2904 JLR. Most runs of newspapers are incomplete, and the GPI Archive only holds one issue of some newspapers; please check the extent field. Often an organisation's records will be catalogued in GB 2904 JLR, for example publicity and organisational material produced by the Tapia group, while any newspapers, in this case 'Tapia' and 'Trinidad and Tobago Review', are catalogued in GB 2904 NEW. Editorial details and publishing histories are included, where known.
