The Standard Newspapers Trial
The University of Birmingham Special Collections hold a range of legal documents pertaining to the Cadbury Bros Ltd v The Standard Newspapers Limited legal case. The range of documents include a ‘Statement ...
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 Black Triangle
Poster for exhibition of photographs by Armet Francis of people living in Africa, Jamaica, Barbados, New York and London, retracing the journeys taken by his ancestors during the period of the Atlantic ...
The Cave
A number of black arts centres have been founded in Britain which have provided an important space for the development and performance of black artists. Their development, primarily in the 1980s, reflected ...
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 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 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 Wailers
The Wailers were photographed at The Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, 1986. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Tram Conductor's Uniform
Transport Workers in South-West Birmingham
This tram conductor’s uniform represents the human dimension of a mechanised response to suburban needs. A vast army of drivers, conductors, mechanics, cleaners ...
Trevor Robinson
Trevor Robinson, Commercials Director and owner of the company Quiet Storm: "It's not good to be angry all the time. Try and put yourself in other people's shoes, even the ones that you hate. It's really ...
Trinidad
'Costume Mastinique', from the album 'Types of Races of Mankind', 1870s, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Trinidad
'Carnival Dress', from the album 'Types of Races of Mankind', 1870s, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Truth and Reconciliation
'Tom Manthata, a member of the Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee, in conversation with a visitor to the Commission in Johannesburg.' Photograph by George Hallett.
The Promotion of National ...
Truth and Reconciliation
Protestors at the amnesty hearing of Chris Hani's killers. Photograph by George Hallett.
The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act was passed in South Africa in 1995, calling for a commission ...
Truth and Reconciliation
Demonstration during the amnesty hearing of Chris Hani's killers. Photograph by George Hallett.
The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act was passed in South Africa in 1995, calling for ...
Truth and Reconciliation
Demonstration at the amnesty hearing of Chris Hani's killers. Photograph by George Hallett.
The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act was passed in South Africa in 1995, calling for a ...
Truth and Reconciliation
Jeremy Cronin (kneeling) speaking to the widow of Chris Hani, Dimpho Hani, and Tokyo Sexwale, at the hearing of Chris Hani's killers. Photograph by George Hallett.
The Promotion of National Unity and ...