"George Hallett: Bearing Witness"
Photographs by George Hallett of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, exhibited as 'Bearing Witness', at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, in 2004.
The Promotion of National Unity ...
"Ghazala Saddique: Lok Mela Festival, Birmingham"
Photographs by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.
Lok Mela is the national folk festival of Pakistan, held in the first week of October. It is a cultural celebration that usually involves folk music, ...
"Proud History"
The histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Birmingham and the West Midlands remain largely hidden from view although recent research in the archives has begun to recover episodes ...
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Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Flyer
Flyer for an Anti-Apartheid demonstration held on Saturday March 12th, nd. [1980s]. From the records of the Birmingham Anti-Apartheid Organisation
Arts and Charities
Image: Jenny Lind
Historical sources show that in the Birmingham Jewish community, drama, literature, music and the arts have always been integral. As well as an important form of self expression, ...
Aunkut
Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 October 2000.
Aunkut
Food Sharing at Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 October 2000.
Bandstand at Calthorpe Park
This photograph shows crowds of people listening to a music performance in the park.
Birmingham and the Grunwick Dispute 1976-1978
SETTING THE SCENE
‘Grunwick’ was an industrial dispute centred on Cricklewood, north London but which had national significance. Political and campaign groups from around Britain rallied to the support ...
Birmingham Broadside November 1977
BIRMINGHAM’S SOLIDARITY
Birmingham Broadside November 1977 MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection
This image reflects both traditional and emerging aspects of the local labour movement. The report of the ...
Birmingham International Marxist Group
Birmingham International Marxist Group [IMG] MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection
Despite advocating a mass picket in support of the ‘Grunwick’ strikers, the IMG’s credentials as a mobilizer of the industrial ...
Birmingham Robins
Extract from the Birmingham Daily Gazette, 12 January 1903 recording the presence of ‘coloured people’ at the Birmingham Robins winter treat.
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Birmingham's 40,000th Municipal House
Photograph originally published in the Birmingham Post depicting the opening of Birmingham's 40,000th municipal home by Neville Chamberlain.
Black People Against State Brutality
Flyers were an important medium for publicising Indian Workers Association campaigns. Many were quite unsophisticated in appearance due to the limited printing resources and technology available to the ...
Boys of Gower Street School, Ladywood, with blacked-up faces
Like the maypole, the boys’ blackened faces were a part of May Day traditions. The day was historically associated with chimney sweeps. They would march in a procession led by ‘Jack-in-the-Green’, a garlanded ...
Brigitte Winsor: Photographs of the St Patrick's Day Parade
Photographs of the procession through Digbeth, Birmingham, by Brigitte Winsor.
The St Patrick's Day Parade in Birmingham started in 1952 and is now the World's largest after New York and Dublin.
On ...
Calthorpe Park
Painting depicting the opening of Calthorpe Park, by Samuel Lines Snr.