| Description | Press cuttings, largely from national newspapers, containing articles relating to general race issues in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s. There is also a small amount of material relating to Indian politics, and to the campaign against nuclear weapons.
The file includes copies of 'Peace News' November 1963 containing articles about civil liberties, protests, and the nuclear disarmament struggle; a copy of 'Soviet News' August 1961 relating to the testing of nuclear weapons in response to the threat by NATO; and pages from 'The Current', March 1964, containing several articles about the political situation in the Indian sub-continent; series of articles in 'The Guardian' about the Chinese, Italian, Jamaican and Greek Cypriot communities in Britain 1977; focus in the 'Birmingham Post' on various organisations formed by immigrants or inspired by their arrival, 1965; article about the nationwide housing crisis and proposals for the dispersal of immigrants from decaying inner city areas with special reference to problems in Smethwick and the response of Birmingham City Council 1965; opinions in the 'Daily Express' on immigration, particularly focused on 'mixed marriages' and housing issues 1967; report Sikh business owners intend to buy firearms to protect themselves against supporters of National Socialist Movement in Warwick and Leamington; article in the 'Daily Worker' about Los Angeles riots 1965; articles in series in 'The Times' entitled 'The Dark Million' about the issues and challenges of immigration and integration, 1965. |