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Linton Kwesi Johnson in Conversation

Our trustee Linton Kwesi Johnson is in conversation with Burt Caesar.
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Open University Project with the George Padmore Institute

Find out more about our archivist's work with the Open University.
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Our Children's Book Has Been Longlisted for the Little Rebels Award 2023

Jump Up! A Story of Carnival has been recognised by the Little Rebels Award
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GPI Newsletter No. 32, February 2023

All the news from the GPI from the past year
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Job Opportunity at the George Padmore Institute - Outreach and Communications Officer

Apply now for a job at the GPI as an Outreach and Communications Officer
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Our Collection

The Jamaican-born and London-based artist Errol Lloyd has provided a range of his original artworks to help signpost the GPI’s archival collections below. Lloyd, a former member of the Caribbean Artists Movement, has been a long-time friend of the GPI and was closely associated with New Beacon Books. 

CARIBBEAN ARTISTS MOVEMENT

1965-1995

The Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) originated in London in 1966. The intention was to create a forum for English-speaking Caribbean writers, artists and critics resident in the United Kingdom.

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EUROPEAN ACTION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY

1980s-1990s

European Action was an alliance of individuals and organisations engaged in the struggle against racism, fascism, nazism and xenophobia in Europe. Most active from 1990 to 1993.

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BLACK EDUCATION MOVEMENT

1965-1988

The Black Education Movement (BEM) campaigned to secure improvements in the education of black children, including the setting up of supplementary schools and investigations into ‘Educationally Sub-Normal' (ESN) schooling (1965-1988).

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NATIONAL ANTI-RACIST MOVEMENT IN EDUCATION

1960-2006

The collection covers the National Antiracist Movement in Education (1985-2004) otherwise known as NAME and the organisations which preceded it, dating back to the 1960s.

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Film: A Tribute to Jean Binta Breeze

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