Sturge Statue near Broad Street.
Image: Early Twentieth Century Photograph from Warwickshire Photographic Society (Broad Street).
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham.
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The Battle of Cable Street
Image taken from the 'Picture Post' (1943) of vandalism to Jewish property during the battle of Cable Street.
"The Battle of Cable Street or Cable Street Riot took place on Sunday October 4, 1936 ...
The Birmingham Afro-Caribbean Organisation
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 ...
The Colour Bar in Legislation
From the end of the war, the effects of black migration remained a constant concern for both Conservative and Labour governments. Disturbances in Notting Hill and Nottingham in 1958, the development of ...
The Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination
The Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination (CCARD) was set up in 1961 by Jagmohan Joshi and Maurice Ludmer a sports journalist who was also the founding editor of the anti-racist magazine ...
'The Ghosts of the Slain', illustrated by Joseph Southall
This antiwar pamphlet with illustrations by Joseph Southall was written by Robert Leonard Outhwaite, a farmer and one-time Liberal MP who became a fellow member of the Independent Labour Party. Whilst ...
The Joseph Sturge Oil Portrait.
Image: from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
This is one of the few known oil portraits of Joseph Sturge. It is thought to represent the emancipation of apprentices in the West Indies in 1838. Its ...
The Joseph Sturge Portrait- Alternative Version?
Image: Joseph Sturge
This recently discovered drawing seems very close to the 'main' portrait of Joseph Sturge now in the Birmingham Art Gallery. Was the sketch made from the Oil painting? Or was it ...
The Junction, Kings Norton, by Frank Lockwood
Campaigning for Canals in Kings Norton
Frank Lockwood’s pencil drawing The Junction, Kings Norton shows the toll house in 1958, where the Worcester and Stratford canals join. This tranquil scene reflects ...
The Lord Mayor's European Famine Fund
Minute Book of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham’s European Famine Fund.
The Lord Mayor’s Fund was established by William Adlington Cadbury in December 1919 to provide aid to starving women and children ...
The Montserrat Company
Image: an advertisement of the Montserrat Lime Juice Company.
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham. Near the end of his life, he created a free labour ...
The Montserrat Company and Birmingham
Image:
Birmingham Local Studies and History, WPS photographs, New Street Collection 29-89. No 30.
Birmingham in 1885, looking down New Street. The building on the left in Christchurch, demolished ...
The Operation of the Colour Bar
This article from the Evening Mail and Despatch from 1966 highlights typical examples of the operation of the colour bar in Britain. After the passing of the Race Relations Act in 1965 complaints could ...
The Quaker Reading Society and 'Slave Narratives'
The records of the Quaker Reading Society identify that its members purchased a number of books that are often referred to as ‘slave narratives’. These were a vital source of information for local antislavery ...
The Sturge House on Wheeley's Road
Image: Calthorpe Estate Drawing.
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham. In 1822 Sturge purchased land from the Calthorpe estate. He built his house in Edgbaston ...
The Sturge Statue
Image: date unknown.
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Thomas Hackett (1869-1950)
Thomas Hackett: Politician, Co-operator & Advocate for Adult Education
This photograph is from an official album of Birmingham City Councillors. Thomas (Tom) Hackett was elected in 1913 as Labour ...
Three Coal Faces: Pictures of the Miners' Strike
Poster for an exhibition of photographs of the Miners' Strike, held at the Triangle Photography Gallery 4 July-1 August 1986. The exhibition comprised 'A Matter of Principle', consisting of photographs ...