Description:Undated photograph of the Birmingham Afro-Caribbean Organisation. From the papers of Henry Gunter.
Henry Gunter was secretary of the Afro-Caribbean Organisation, which was started in the 1940s. Gunter came to Birmingham from Jamaica in 1949, and was active within his Trade Union (A.U.E.W.), where he was the firsst Black member to be elected as Branch Secretary and the first Black member of the Birmingham Trades Council. He campaigned strongly against the 'colour bar' and wrote pamphlets and newspaper articles on the difficulties faced by Black workers and residents. He has deposited various papers in the City Archives.