Tag: Protest Records and researchOgu Umunwanyi, Ekong Iban, Women’s War: A story of protest by Nigerian womenThursday 30 March 2023Why did thousands of Nigerian women begin a series of protests in 1929 and...Records and researchCommunal violence in 1808 and the role of the magistratesWednesday 5 October 2022various parts of England in 1808 which highlight the role of magistrates in dealing...Records and research‘Obtaining state aid for the blind’: The 1920 Blind MarchTuesday 16 August 2022On 5 April 1920, members of the National League of the Blind (NLB) set...Records and researchFifty years of UK Pride marches: Pride and defiance before 1972Friday 1 July 2022The 1st July 1972 saw something special: the first UK Pride march. The previous...Records and researchThe rebel councillors: The 1921 Poplar Rates RebellionThursday 29 July 2021In 1921, 30 councillors and guardians were sent to prison for defying the government....Records and researchResist: Black Power in the courtroomThursday 30 January 2020In 1965 Britain passed the Race Relations Act, making it illegal to refuse service...Archives and archivistsSuffragettes and the Black Friday protests: 18 November 1910Monday 18 November 2019The 18th of November 1910 is one of the iconic dates in the history...Records and researchWinning the Peace: Beyond PeterlooWednesday 14 August 2019The events at St Peter’s Fields in Manchester in August 1819, known as the...Records and research‘No pasarán’: the Battle of Cable StreetTuesday 4 October 2016On Sunday 4 October 1936 a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF)...Behind the scenesAn afternoon with the Mangrove NineMonday 1 August 2016We hosted a visit from some of the key figures in the British Black...Records and researchRights, resistance and racism: the story of the Mangrove NineWednesday 21 October 2015How resistance to repeated raids on a Notting Hill restaurant marked a key moment...Records and researchThe Trinidad Water Riots of 1903Friday 1 November 2013As part of the research for the ‘Caribbean through a lens’ project at The... 1 2 »