| Description | This section is divided into four sections:
/1 The Handsworth Disturbances 1985.
/2 Race Relations: Organisations, Conferences and Reports.
/3 Race Relations: Police and Policing.
/4 Race Relations: Immigration, Settlement, Asylum and Racism.
These sections contain various information: leaflets, correspondence, booklets, information pamphlets and press cuttings documenting some of the development of race relations in Britain. Topics range from the experience of immigration, settlement and racism, sometimes culminating in events such as The Handsworth Riots 1985, the death of Stephen Lawrence and the consequent Stephen Lawrence Enquiry and black deaths in custody, to asylum and protest, and the development of anti racism organisations, such as Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit, as well as the commissioning of various reports and studies on the issues of race relations, such as 'The Chinese and Vietnamese in Birmingham' commissioned by the Race Relations and Equal Opportunities Unit of Birmingham City Council. The body of material is concentrated around the period between the late 1970's and early 1990's. |