| Description | File containing press cuttings from local, national and international newspapers, some of which are photocopies, together with a small amount of correspondence and printed material produced by various organisations involved in the Black Power movement. The press cuttings consist of articles about the some of the activities of black and Asian organisations in Britain, including coverage of campaigns by the Indian Workers Association, and about the visit to Birmingham of Roy Sawh, a leader of the British Black Power movement, and Tariq Ali, who spoke at Birmingham Town Hall. There is also coverage of the campaign to free Angela Davis, and the Soledad brothers, black American activists George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette, accused of murder. There is also a profile of Sister Connie Matthews, of the Black Panthers.
Other papers in this file comprise:
/1 press statement by the Black Panther movement statement on Obi Benedict Egbuna, distancing the movement from this person
/2 statement issued by Black Workers Defence League on the 1971 Immigrants Bill and the failure of black organisations to act against previous immigration legislation; asking for support in politicising the mass of black workers. The Indian Workers Association London branch is a member of this group.
/3 list giving contact details of individuals and black and Asian associations and groups invited to an unidentified event, undated
/4 typescript tribute to Martin Luther King, written by Anthony Goodman, dated 21st April 1968, following Enoch Powell's speech in Birmingham. Anthony Goodman was a member of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination [CARD], and this tribute is likely to have been given as a speech, in this capacity
/5 letter to Joshi from Ron Phillips, expressing personal support for Black Peoples Alliance, undated
/6 letter to Joshi from I. Mutassa, of the Black Liberation Front, about a proposed collaboration between progressive organisations, 1976. |