Black Britain 1960s123

09-09-1960 - Black bus conductor and schoolboy, London Routemaster bus 1960 © Malcolm Aird

12-11-1969 - Actress Cleo Sylvestre 1969 the first black actress in a leading role, The National Health by Peter Nichols, National Theatre, London © NLA

12-11-1969 - Actress Cleo Sylvestre 1969 the first black actress in a leading role, The National Health by Peter Nichols, National Theatre, London © NLA

12-11-1969 - Actress Cleo Sylvestre 1969 the first black actress in a leading role, The National Health by Peter Nichols, National Theatre, London © NLA

26-10-1969 - Dillibe Onyeama aged 18, London 1969. Nigerian writer and first black African student to to complete his studies at Eton School, He wrote a book Nigger At Eton about the racism he experienced at the s... © Bente Fasmer

26-10-1969 - Dillibe Onyeama aged 18, London 1969. Nigerian writer and first black African student to to complete his studies at Eton School, He wrote a book Nigger At Eton about the racism he experienced at the s... © Bente Fasmer

26-10-1969 - Dillibe Onyeama aged 18, London 1969. Nigerian writer and first black African student to to complete his studies at Eton School, He wrote a book Nigger At Eton about the racism he experienced at the s... © Bente Fasmer

10-10-1969 - Romano Cagnoni of Report opening of a photographic exhibition by on Biafra 1969 during the Nigerian Civil War, London, The exhibition was staged in a tent in Trafalgar Square and sponsored by The Spec... © Patrick Eagar

18-08-1969 - Young boy from travellers family London, 1969, crying alone on the site on the outskirts of the city © Thurston Hopkins

18-08-1969 - Children from travellers families playing together 1969 fun among discarded furniture on their site on the outskirts of London. © Thurston Hopkins

18-08-1969 - Traveller children families constructing a school 1969 for themselves on their site, on the outskirts of London. © Thurston Hopkins

18-08-1969 - Traveller children families constructing a school 1969 for themselves on their site, on the outskirts of London © Thurston Hopkins

18-08-1969 - Traveller children families constructing a school 1969 for themselves on their site, on the outskirts of London, 1969. © Thurston Hopkins

18-08-1969 - Children from travellers families playing together 1969 fun among discarded furniture on their site on the outskirts of London © Thurston Hopkins

18-08-1969 - Traveller children sitting on a wooden frame 1969 for a school to be built for them on their site on the outskirts of London © Thurston Hopkins

07-04-1969 - Nguyen Thi Binh, Viet Cong speaking at CND Easter March 1969 from Cardiff to London, Trafalgar Square. After the defeat of the USA, she became vice-president of Vietnam. April 1969 © NLA

27-10-1968 - Tariq Ali protest against the Vietnam War, 1968 London, US Embassy © Romano Cagnoni

27-10-1968 - Tariq Ali, protest against the Vietnam War, London 1968 to the US Embassy © NLA

27-10-1968 - Tariq Ali, protest against the Vietnam War, London 1968 ending at US Embassy © NLA

22-09-1968 - Tom O'Horgan, actress Marsha Hunt, musical HAIR, 1968, Shaftesbury Theatre London. The opening night was delayed until the abolition of theatre censorship in England under the Theatres Act 1968 as the... © Barbara Hall

07-08-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Civil War, London © Romano Cagnoni

07-08-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Civil War, London © Romano Cagnoni

07-08-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Civil War, London © Romano Cagnoni

07-08-1968 - Violent clashes between protestors and police near to Downing Street during a protest by supporters of Biafra against the British Government supplying arms to Nigeria during the Civil War, London, 196... © Romano Cagnoni

07-08-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Civil War, London © Romano Cagnoni

31-07-1968 - Black Peoples Alliance protest against racism, London 1968 © NLA

24-06-1968 - 1968 protest against the British Government's support for Nigeria through the continuing supply of arms during the Nigerian Civil War, London. Biafra blood on Britain's hands © Romano Cagnoni

24-06-1968 - 1968 protest against the British Government's support for Nigeria through the continuing supply of arms during the Nigerian Civil War, London. Biafra blood on Britain's hands © Romano Cagnoni

24-06-1968 - Children in the doorway of a corner shop, west London 1968 © Patrick Eagar

24-06-1968 - Young black girl playing cricket in the street, London 1968. Noting Hill West London © Patrick Eagar

24-06-1968 - Children playing on the street, summer 1968 Notting Hill West London © Patrick Eagar

24-06-1968 - Young black men passing a closed newsagents shop, 1968 Notting Hill, West London in the summer © Patrick Eagar

23-06-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War, London. Simon Guttmann, newspapers under his arm © Romano Cagnoni

23-06-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War, London, 1968. Simon Guttmann, newspapers under his arm. © Romano Cagnoni

23-06-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Civil War, London © Romano Cagnoni

23-06-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War, London. Simon Guttmann, newspapers under his arm. © Romano Cagnoni

23-06-1968 - Supporters of Biafra protest against the British Government 1968 supplying arms to Nigeria during the Civil War, London © Romano Cagnoni

04-05-1968 - May Day demonstration London 1968 Unite against Racism © Romano Cagnoni

05-04-1968 - Supporters of Biafran independence protest London 1968 against British arms sales to Nigeria used to kill civilians in the conflict © Romano Cagnoni

05-04-1968 - Supporters of Biafran independence protest London 1968 against British arms sales to Nigeria used to kill civilians in the conflict and against alleged media bias from the BBC coverage of the civil wa... © Romano Cagnoni

05-07-1967 - Black couple talking, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1967. Waiting for a train on the underground station platform © Elisabeth Chat

02-07-1967 - Protest against the Vietnam War, Trafalgar Square, London, 1967. Young people sit around the fountains, their casual style of dress contrasting greatly with the well dressed young black man, holding a... © Patrick Eagar

30-05-1966 - Seamens Strike 1966. Gordon Norris NUS appealing to building workers on the Barbican site for support for their demand for a 40 hour week, London © NLA

30-05-1966 - Seamens Strike 1966. Gordon Norris NUS appealing to building workers on the Barbican site for support for their demand for a 40 hour week, London © NLA

20-05-1966 - Seamens strike 1966, reading a union strike bulletin while queueing to collect their strike pay, NUS office London © Patrick Eagar

20-05-1966 - Seamens strike 1966, queueing to collect their strike pay, NUS office London © Patrick Eagar

27-09-1965 - Black and white holidaymakers Blackpool seafront 1965 © Romano Cagnoni

18-09-1965 - Children playing in the street, The Gorbals, Glasgow, 1965 © NLA

13-09-1965 - The Road by Wole Soyinka, The Mermaid Theatre, London, 1965 © Romano Cagnoni

13-09-1965 - The Road by Wole Soyinka, The Mermaid Theatre, London, 1965 © Romano Cagnoni

13-09-1965 - The Road by Wole Soyinka, The Mermaid Theatre, London, 1965 © Romano Cagnoni

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13-09-1965 - The Road by Wole Soyinka Mermaid Theatre London 1965 © Romano Cagnoni

13-09-1965 - The Road by Wole Soyinka The Mermaid Theatre London 1965 © Romano Cagnoni

23-08-1965 - Two young black women seeking work London 1965 in a secretarial recruitment office when racial discrimination against ethnic minorities was far more prevalent in society © Romano Cagnoni

03-08-1965 - Taking photographs at two different weddings 1965 black and white, Brixton Registry Office London, competing for space to take photos of their respective bride and groom © Malcolm Aird

07-02-1965 - Black and white couple hugging in the street London 1965 © Malcolm Aird

07-02-1965 - Black choirboy singing, London church 1965 © Malcolm Aird

23-01-1965 - Fenner Brockway speaking, Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, 1965 against racist Rhodesia and UDI © NLA

11-04-1964 - Travellers children playing in derelict cafe London, 1964, A1 road © Romano Cagnoni

11-04-1964 - Travellers children playing in derelict cafe London, 1964, A1 road © Romano Cagnoni

11-04-1964 - Travellers children, A1 road outside London, 1964 © Romano Cagnoni

11-04-1964 - Travellers family camped, A1 road outside London, 1964 © Romano Cagnoni

11-04-1964 - Travellers family camped, A1 road outside London, 1964 © Romano Cagnoni

11-04-1964 - Black passenger, London underground station, 1964. Waiting alone at night © Romano Cagnoni

11-04-1964 - Black passenger, London underground station, 1964. Waiting alone at night © Romano Cagnoni

28-03-1964 - CND Easter peace march leaving London 1964 to Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Research Establishment © Romano Cagnoni

10-05-1963 - Black and white couple holding hands in a London park 1963 © Malcolm Aird

11-04-1963 - Immigrants amongst crowd, Trafalgar Square London 1963 © Malcolm Aird

17-03-1963 - Harold Wilson speaking, Anti Apartheid rally 1963 No British Arms For South Africa, Trafalgar Square London © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London. Anti Apartheid Movement © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London. Equality for Negroes in the USA © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London. Equality for Negroes in the USA © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London. Black and white women arm in arm together © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London. Jim Crow must go © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London. Jim Crow must go © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London © Romano Cagnoni

09-03-1963 - Solidarity with American Civil Rights Movement protest, 1963, Notting Hill, London © Romano Cagnoni

20-02-1963 - The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard, 1963, New Arts Theatre, Hampstead, London. Ian Bannen as Morris and Zakes Mokae as Zacharia. When first staged in South Africa 1961 the play was the first to feature a... © Alex Low

20-02-1963 - The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard, 1963, New Arts Theatre, Hampstead, London. Ian Bannen as Morris and Zakes Mokae as Zacharia. When first staged in South Africa 1961 the play was the first to feature a... © Alex Low

20-02-1963 - The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard, 1963, New Arts Theatre, Hampstead, London. Ian Bannen as Morris and Zakes Mokae as Zacharia. When first staged in South Africa 1961 the play was the first to feature a... © Alex Low

03-09-1962 - Road sweeper, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1960s © Malcolm Aird

11-08-1962 - Permanent Gypsy site near Eton, Slough, early 1960s. Leading a horse by bycicle © Romano Cagnoni

11-08-1962 - Permanent Gypsy site near Eton, Slough, early 1960s. Men breaking up old cars to sell as scrap © Romano Cagnoni

11-08-1962 - Woman drying her washing with a mangle outside her caravan 1962 travellers camp near Slough © Romano Cagnoni

11-08-1962 - Man with his caged birds, travellers camp near Slough 1962 © Romano Cagnoni

11-08-1962 - Milkman delivering milk to a travellers camp near Slough 1962 © Romano Cagnoni

11-08-1962 - Riding horses, Travellers camp near Slough 1962 © Romano Cagnoni

11-08-1962 - Boy playing, travellers camp near Slough 1962 © Romano Cagnoni

11-07-1962 - Women with a child sitting on the doorstep, London, 1960s © Romano Cagnoni

11-07-1962 - Young girl and father sitting in the street, London 1960s © Romano Cagnoni

11-07-1962 - Two boys playing outdoors, post war bombsite, 1960s near King's Cross, still a common feature of poorer parts of London © Romano Cagnoni

11-07-1962 - Asian mother with her family, post war bombsite 1960s King's Cross. Derelict areas were common features in the poorer parts of London © Romano Cagnoni

01-07-1962 - Counter demonstration in Trafalgar Square against fascist British National Party Free Britain From Jewish Control rally, London © Romano Cagnoni

02-05-1962 - Customers in a hamburger bar just off Trafalgar Square in the early 1960's © Romano Cagnoni

03-03-1962 - The rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral, completed in 1962, more than two decades after suffering terrible damage as a result of bombing during the Second World War. Foreman Carpenter, John Edward Taylor... © Alex Low

03-03-1962 - The rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral, completed in 1962, more than two decades after suffering terrible damage as a result of bombing during the Second World War. Foreman Carpenter, John Edward Taylor... © Alex Low