African Liberation Day 1977
The day would include a protest march, with music and speakers, and cultural and political events in Holyhead School. This photograph is taken in Soho Road
African Liberation Day 1977
This picture is edited from a larger print to highlight the contrast between protester's banner and the two union jacks in the windows behind him. It's taken in Holly Road, Handsworth.
African Liberation Day 1979, Handsworth Park
Crowd at African Liberation Day. This is one of Vanley's most famous images. Many people from the community were present that day, and many claim to be able to see themselves in the picture.
African Liberation Day 1981
This photograph was taken on African Liberation Day in 1981 at Holyhead School. African Liberation Day was an annual event which included a demonstration, political speeches and cultural events at Holyhead ...
African Liberation Day, 1977
African Liberation Day demonstration 1977
Anti Nazi Demonstration, High Street, Deritend
Police protect the Digbeth Civic Hall where the Nazi National Front are meeting.
Athol Fugard's 'The Island'
Performed by two South African actors, at Balsall Heath Church Centre. The play is about inmates experiences on the notorious Robbin Island prison in apartheid South Africa.
Boulton Road, Handsworth
Boulton Road, Handsworth, on the occasion of a bomb scare nearby, October 1974
Boulton Road, Handsworth
Boulton Road, Handsworth, on the occasion of a bomb scare nearby in October 1974
Dave Butcher & Police
This was taken on the occasion of the IWA demonstration in Saltley. At one point the police took Dave and Sebastian from the demonstration.
Demonstration Against Police Brutality
Demonstrators marched from Handsworth to Steelhouse Lane Police station to protest about police brutality towards black people.
Demonstration Against Racist Attacks, Soho Road
Handsworth Riots, 1985
Morning after the riots. Lozells road.
Handsworth Riots, 1985
Burnt out car on Lozells Road and corner of Lozells Street. Universal shoe store is visible behind the car.
IWA Demonstration
Indian Workers Association, based in Handsworth, on a demonstration in Saltley.
IWA Demonstration
Indian Workers Association based in Handsworth on a demonstration in Nechells.
Lloyd George escapes at Birmingham Town Hall
On 18 December 1901, giving a characteristically trenchant pro-Boer, anti-war speech at Birmingham Town Hall, Lloyd George was practically lynched by a patriotic mob and had to escape from the building ...
Mrs Pankhurst speaks at Birmingham Town Hall
This poster promotes the appearance of the Suffragette Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst at the Town Hall. The theme of the talk, "To uphold British Honour, To prevernt a German Peace" may surprise some who associate ...