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Foregrounding marginalised voices
The summer of 2014 saw the successful opening of Black Cultural Archives (BCA) where over 3,000 people filled Windrush Square in Brixton. With nearly 20,000 visitors since its opening the venue has programmed an exciting array of exhibitions, talks, workshops, walks, lectures, and a pioneering schools programme. The reading room, reference library and archive collection have attracted many visitors from all over the UK and beyond. Artists and entertainers have also performed and hosted a series of special events as part of Café Club Late, the most recent hosted by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams.
30 years ago today, 28th September 1985, Metropolitan Police officers in Brixton burst into the home of Dorothy Groce, known to her friends as Cherry, and wrongfully shot her while she was in her bed in front of her young children and family. Soon after the shooting, members of the local community came out to find… Read More
by Black Cultural Archives Following their first exhibition Re-imagine: Black Women in Britain, the Black Cultural Archives present Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience, 1950-1990s from Thursday 15 January – Tuesday 30 June 2015. This new exhibition is the culmination of a seven year collaborative project between Black Cultural Archives and the Victoria and… Read More
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