Pin and Flag in Support of Belgian Refugees
This pin and flag was issued by the Birmingham Belgian Refugee Committee, which included Elizabeth Cadbury amongst its members and which was formed by the City to raise money and provide food and shelter ...
Political Demonstrations in the Parks
During the 1920s and 1930s, the Parks Committee minutes contain detailed information about the type of organisations applying to use Birmingham’s parks for meetings and demonstrations. The issue of whether ...
Portrait of Joseph Sturge
Image of Joseph Sturge, leader of the 'Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society'. 'Timmins' Birmingham Portraits, Large Folio (part 2), SE6.
Click on web link below for more biographical information of Joseph ...
Portrait of Rev. Cohen
A portrait of Cohen, minister of Singer's Hill 1913-1949.
Refugees in Birmingham
Image: a photograph of Jewish Refugees in Birmingham. (Harry Levine, Press Cuttings, 1941 part 1).
Behind pictures such as these lies a complicated story. At least 6 million Jews were murdered under ...
Refugees in Birmingham
Image: Harry Levine, Newspaper Cuttings, sept-dec 1942 part 2.
This image features a group of Jewish Refugees in Birmingham, including a young child. Such children were at risk during WWII.
After ...
ResearchingThe West Indies.
Birmingham and The West Indies.
Birmingham's antislavery activists held a special interest in the West Indies. The reader's list for this travel narrative includes here both Joseph Sturge and other ...
Rev Peter Stanford.
Stanford was born into slavery in America in 1860. He came to Birmingham in 1887 as a preacher in Hope Street Baptist Church, Highgate. This possibly makes him Birmingham's first black minister. He also ...
Rev Thomas Swan
Image of Rev Thomas Swan, minister of the Cannon Street Baptist Church and member of the Birmingham Antislavery society. Birmingham City archives have some records of Swan which include an extract of ...
Revolutionary Poetry
This image shows the front cover of Pemane Inqlab- a collection of revolutionary poetry by Asar Hoshiarpuri (Jagmohan Joshi's pen name.)
Joshi's poems, all of which are written in Urdu, deal with ...
Rhoda Anstey (1865 – 1936)
Submitted by Dr Tansin Benn (Last appointed lecturer to Anstey College of Physical Education, 1981 - 1984) and Dr Ida Webb (Last female Principal Dr Ida Webb, student 1947 – 50, Principal 1969 – 1975), ...
Rt Hon Paul Boateng
Rt Hon Paul Boateng, MP: "I see life as a series of opportunities, and you make the most of them. You give of yourself, and of what skills and talents you have. Everyone has something to offer in terms ...
Samaj in'a Babylon
Samaj in’a Babylon MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection
As well as ‘traditional’ socialist newspapers and magazines, support for the ‘Grunwick’ strikers also came from within ethnic minorities. Samaj ...
Silhouette of Sturge Family
Image: 'Sophia Sturge, A Memoir'(1940)
This silhouette possibly features the inside of Sturge's home on Wheeley's Road.
(Click zoomify to enlarge).
Sir Herman Ouseley
Sir Herman Ouseley, Former Chair and Executive of the Commission for Racial Equality: "You've got to take some responsibility for your life and the things going on around you, not just leave it to others. ...
Socialist Challenge 'Labour Special Patrol Group'
Socialist Challenge ‘Labour Special Patrol Group’ MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection
As the dispute proceeded, serious confrontations occurred between the police and pickets. This image cleverly links ...
Staff Recommends: 'Refugee Movements'
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the subject of ‘migration stories’. Each item was suggested by the staff of Birmingham's Archives and Heritage Services during research ...
Staff Recommends: 'Researching Post-War Migration'
This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials on the subject of ‘post-war migration’. Each item was suggested by the staff of Birmingham's Archives and Heritage Services during research ...