"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 ...
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‘The Rights of Woman’, what are they?
The right her husband to obey,
The right to show forth all her life
How proud she is to be a wife!
The right, oh, noble destiny!
The daughter of a man to be.
The ...
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
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'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 ...
Children taking part in a protest for the introduction of road crossings
Indian Workers' Association GB [IMG]
Indian Workers’ Association GB (Birmingham Branch) MS 2141 IWA
The IWA combined Marxist politics with a concern for the plight of Asians and other immigrants in Britain and had a close, if sometimes ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I joined Indian Workers Association in late sixties and was a trade union shop steward.
I am very proud of the Indian Workers Association because of the help and advice that I received from the comrades. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Truth and Reconciliation
Archbishop Desmond Tutu at his desk on the telephone. 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
'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 ...