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Brixton Riots 1981

Silent footage - 1970 Notting Hill West London

1985

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Riots

René Carayol Short Film on Brixton Riots - 1985

The Brixton riot of 1985 started on 28 September in Lambeth in South London. I

t was the second major riot that the area had witnessed in the space of four years, the last in 1981. It was sparked by the shooting of Dorothy "Cherry" Groce by the Metropolitan Police, while they sought her 21-year-old son Michael Groce in relation to a suspected firearms offence; they believed Michael Groce was hiding in his mother's home. Filmed by AdHoc Films

MANGROVE NINE BBC iPLAYER

Mangrove tells the true story of Frank Crichlow, whose West Indian restaurant Mangrove, a lively community hub in London’s Notting Hill, attracted locals, activists, intellectuals and artists.

In a time of blatant racial discrimination, Crichlow finds himself and his drug-free business the brunt of relentless police raids. In a bid to stop the discrimination and ruination of their community base, Frank and his friends take to the streets in peaceful protest in 1970, only to be met by police aggression.

As a result, nine men and women, including Frank, leader of the British Black Panther movement Altheia Jones-LeCointe and activist Darcus Howe, are wrongly arrested and charged with incitement to riot and affray. A highly publicised trial ensues

Small Axe

Love letters to black resilience and triumph in London's West Indian community, directed by Oscar winner Steve McQueen. Vivid stories of hard-won victories in the face of racism.

SMALL AXE BBC iPLAYER

Black Lives Matter explained: The history of a movement

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The Black Lives Matter group has been fighting to be heard since 2013 - and the phrase itself is now being seen on streets and screens all around the world after the killing of George Floyd. But how did the movement get here? And how did it begin?

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The Mangrove Nine

Mangrove Nine, 1970's Darcus Howe, Frank Crichlow

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MANGROVE NINE

DARCUS HOWE

Darcus Howe
British broadcaster
26 Feb 1943 - 1 Apr 2017

Darcus Howe was one of the key figures in the Mangrove Nine trial. He came to public attention in 1970 as one of the "Mangrove Nine", who marched to the police station in Notting Hill, London, to protest against police raids of the Mangrove restaurant, and again in 1981 when he organised a 20,000-strong "Black People's Day of Action" in protest at the handling of the investigation into the New Cross Fire, in which 13 black teenagers died.

BARBARA BEESE

Barbara had a relationship with fellow Black Panther Darcus Howe, with whom she had a son, Darcus Beese.

Barbara Beese (born 2 January 1946) is a British activist, writer, and former member of the British Black Panthers.

She is most notable as one of the Black activists known as the Mangrove Nine, charged in 1970 with inciting a riot protesting against the police targeting of the Mangrove Restaurant in Notting Hill, west London, and ultimately acquitted.

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