| Description | This section comprises files containing leaflets, information pamphlets, booklets, posters, reports, information brochures, presentations and various documents disseminated to the public regarding various political activity and initiatives. The themes include: race relations, policing, immigration and asylum, racism, as well as leaflets and information on black political activism and civil rights awareness.
The section is divided into 5 subsections:
/1 'Black Political Activity: Empowerment and Awareness', containing material documenting the political activity, motivations, awareness and discussion on black political issues circulated within black community.
/2 'General Mainstream Politics', focusing on established party politics, such as local and general elections.
/3 'Immigration, Settlement and Race Relations', containing files of information on the experience of the above issues and the development of organisations and initiatives as a result, including a file containing community level information, newsletters and leaflets circulated in the aftermath of the Handsworth Disturbances [riots] 1985.
/4 'International Politics', mainly containing information on the socio-political atmosphere for black people abroad, namely South Africa under the Apartheid regime.
/5 'Charity and Protest', containing information on activities of charity and protest within community.
The concentration of material is generally dated between the 1970s to the early 1990s. |