Black Britain 1980s348

02-03-1981 - Demonstration for thirteen young black killed in fire at birthday party. Waiting for the protest to start, Deptford, London © John Sturrock

30-11-1989 - Teacher reading a story and showing the pictures in a lesson Junior and infant school Brixton London © John Harris

01-08-1989 - Vietnamese refugees arriving in UK from Hong Kong camps. Heathrow Airport, London, UK. 1989 © Howard Davies

01-08-1989 - Vietnamese refugees arriving in UK from Hong Kong camps.~Heathrow Airport, London, UK. 1989 © Howard Davies

01-08-1989 - Assyrian Christian refugee children learn Aramaic at mother tongue school. London, UK. 1989 © Howard Davies

01-08-1989 - Three sisters refugees from Vietnam who have arrived in the UK on a family reunion programme, Weston super Mare, UK 1989 © Howard Davies

01-08-1989 - Teacher with refugee children from Vietnam and Cambodia at reception centre, Barmouth, Wales. UK. 1989 © Howard Davies

01-08-1989 - Afghan refugee children at mother tongue school, London, UK 1989 © Howard Davies

12-07-1989 - Woman working in a engineering factory, Digbeth, Birmingham 1989 © John Harris

01-06-1989 - An asian woman foundry worker, Smethwick, West Midlands, 1989 © John Sturrock

09-05-1989 - Muslim pupil praying in a quiet area set aside for worship in the library of a secondary school in Dewsbury Yorkshire © John Harris

09-05-1989 - Muslim pupil praying in a quiet area set aside for worship in the library of a secondary school in Dewsbury Yorkshire © John Harris

09-05-1989 - Muslim pupil studying maths lesson Junior and infant school Dewsbury Yorkshire © John Harris

05-05-1989 - Pupils making Eid decorations Junior and infant school Batley Yorkshire © John Harris

02-05-1989 - Ron Todd (L) and Bill Morris TGWU BDC Brighton 1989 © Peter Arkell

21-04-1989 - Young men playing paintball in a Hertfordshire wood, 1989 © Peter Arkell

21-04-1989 - Young men playing paintball in a Hertfordshire wood, 1989 © Peter Arkell

01-04-1989 - Close up of father and two children, playing in a swimming pool. © Paul Carter

30-03-1989 - Mother with children in Handsworth Birmingham, an urban area with a high proportion of ethnic minorities and multiple deprivation : poverty and poor housing etc © John Harris

28-01-1989 - British muslems protest against the publication of Satanic Verses written by Salman Rushdie, considered by many to be a heresy against Islam, London 1989. © Stefano Cagnoni

28-01-1989 - British muslems protest against the publication of Satanic Verses written by Salman Rushdie, considered by many to be a heresy against Islam, London 1989. © Stefano Cagnoni

28-01-1989 - British muslems protest against the publication of Satanic Verses written by Salman Rushdie, considered by many to be a heresy against Islam, London 1989. © Stefano Cagnoni

22-11-1988 - Nurses protest regrading is degrading, Manchester 1988 © John Harris

29-10-1988 - Asian girls working together on a science project School Mosley Birmingham © John Harris

04-10-1988 - Asian women talking outside a street corner shop with IRA graffiti in poor Inner city area of multiple deprivation Sparkhill Birmingham 4/10/1988 © John Harris

27-09-1988 - asian child praying St Augustine's Church of England school Halifax © Stefano Cagnoni

19-07-1988 - Pupils helping each other count during a maths lesson Primary school Birmingham © John Harris

12-06-1988 - Tony Benn MP discussing politics with Ralph Miliband, Socialist Society Conference, Chesterfield 1988 © John Harris

12-06-1988 - Tony Benn MP discussing politics with Ralph Miliband, Socialist Society Conference, Chesterfield 1988 © John Harris

12-06-1988 - Tony Benn MP discussing politics with Ralph Miliband, Socialist Society Conference, Chesterfield 1988 © John Harris

12-06-1988 - Tony Benn MP discussing politics with Ralph Miliband, Socialist Society Conference, Chesterfield 1988 © John Harris

12-06-1988 - Tony Benn MP discussing politics with Ralph Miliband, Socialist Society Conference, Chesterfield 1988 © John Harris

01-05-1988 - Rolling out iron in a steel mill in the Midlands © John Harris

01-05-1988 - Rolling out iron in a steel mill in the Midlands © John Harris

01-05-1988 - Rolling out iron in a steel mill in the Midlands © John Harris

01-05-1988 - Rolling out iron in a steel mill in the Midlands ~exact date unkown © John Harris

01-05-1988 - Male home help from social services writes a letter to relations in India for an Asian who is illiterate Balsal Heath Birmingham © John Harris

01-05-1988 - Picking up hot iron in a steel mill, Midlands © John Harris

26-03-1988 - engineering student London © Stefano Cagnoni

25-03-1988 - children (mostly Asian) praying at Church of England primary school Nelson Lancashire 1988 © Stefano Cagnoni

25-03-1988 - Children studying at Church of England primary school Nelson Lancashire 25.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

25-03-1988 - Child studying at Church of England primary school Nelson Lancashire 25.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

25-03-1988 - Children using computer at Church of England primary school Nelson Lancashire 25.3.88 © Stefano Cagnoni

16-03-1988 - Choir of pupils originally from Bangladesh London 1988. Enabled by the ILEA they are from several different schools across the city. Harmonium player, Tabla and singing © Peter Arkell

03-03-1988 - Hackney Town Hall with unemployment figures East London 1988. 17782 People in Hackney Are Out of Work. One in every five © Peter Arkell

29-02-1988 - Protest against the abolition of ILEA London 1988. The Inner London Education Authority is to be abolished by the government. © Peter Arkell

18-02-1988 - Worried Ford car workers mass meeting 1988 about the future of the factory and redundancies, Halewood Cheshire © John Harris

08-02-1988 - Striking Ford workers Dagenham, persuading their fellow workers not to cross their picket line during an official dispute in support of higher pay, 1988 © Stefano Cagnoni

09-12-1987 - Protest lobby of West Midland Regional Health Authority against NHS cuts and for higher nurses pay Birmingham 1987 © John Harris

08-12-1987 - King's Cross Fire, London, 1987. Escalator at Kings Cross Station showing a clock stopped at 19:15, the time when the fire took hold on 18th November, resulting in the deaths of 31 people and injuring... © Stefano Cagnoni

26-10-1987 - Prominent sociologist and Marxist thinker, Ralph Miliband, speaking at the Socialist Society Conference. Chesterfield © John Harris

26-10-1987 - Prominent sociologist and Marxist thinker, Ralph Miliband, speaking at the Socialist Society Conference. Chesterfield © John Harris

26-10-1987 - Tony Benn, Hilary Wainwright, editor of Red Pepper magazine, and Ralph Miliband, sociologist and Marxist, Socialist Society Conference. Chesterfield 1987 © John Harris

05-10-1987 - Teacher helping children learn about money. © Paul Carter

25-09-1987 - Anti-Apartheid protest outside the South African Embassy, London, 1987, for the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners in South Africa © Lanre Fehintola

23-09-1987 - Students from Handsworth College, Birmingham walk out in protest at visit of Margaret Thatcher PM as part of her Innner City Tour, 1987. © John Harris

23-09-1987 - Students from Handsworth College, Birmingham, walk out in protest at visit of Margaret Thatcher PM as part of her Innner City Tour, 1987. © John Harris

23-09-1987 - Students from Handsworth College, Birmingham, walk out in protest at visit of Margaret Thatcher PM as part of her Innner City Tour, 1987. © John Harris

08-09-1987 - Lionel Morrison NUJ speaking, TUC Blackpool 1987 © John Harris

08-09-1987 - Lionel Morrison NUJ speaking, TUC Blackpool 1987 © John Harris

01-08-1987 - Elderly Vietnamese refugee with her grandchild in overcrowded bed and breakfast accommodation. London. 1987 © Howard Davies

01-08-1987 - Vietnamese refugee children at a refugee play project. London. 1987 © Howard Davies

31-07-1987 - Musicians busking on the underground, London, 1987 © Peter Arkell

02-06-1987 - Diane Abbott in 1987 Labour MP - the first black woman to have a seat in the House of Commons in the 1987 General Election © Stefano Cagnoni

27-04-1987 - Working in a small engineering factory producing metal goods Birmingham © John Harris

27-04-1987 - Civil Servants strike rally, Startford upon Avon, 1987. © John Harris

26-04-1987 - Muslim men praying and worshipping at the Birmingham Central mosque ~... © John Harris

26-04-1987 - Muslim men praying and worshipping at the Birmingham Central mosque ~... © John Harris

26-04-1987 - Muslim men meeting after praying and worshipping at the Birmingham Central mosque ~... © John Harris

26-04-1987 - Muslim men praying and worshipping at the Birmingham Central mosque ~... © John Harris

26-04-1987 - A view of Birmingham inner city showing the Central mosque and local authority council housing low and high rise and a Further Education college ... © John Harris

26-04-1987 - Muslim men praying and worshipping at the Birmingham Central mosque ~... © John Harris

26-03-1987 - Unemployed looking for a job. Job Centre Sparkhill, Birmingham, where the only jobs on advertised are low paid and often part time. © John Harris

26-03-1987 - Asian girl in damp housing Sparkhill Birmingham, a inner city area of low incomes and multiple deprivation, Birmingham © John Harris

26-03-1987 - Asian man in damp housing Sparkhill Birmingham, a inner city area of low incomes and multiple deprivation, Birmingham © John Harris

26-03-1987 - Asian man in damp housing Sparkhill Birmingham, a inner city area of low incomes and multiple deprivation, Birmingham © John Harris

26-03-1987 - School pupils protest against education cuts, County Hall London 1987 Labour Party Young Socialists © Stefano Cagnoni

26-03-1987 - School pupils protest against education cuts, County Hall London 1987 Labour Party Young Socialists © Stefano Cagnoni

26-03-1987 - School pupils protest against education cuts, County Hall London 1987 Labour Party Young Socialists © Stefano Cagnoni

26-03-1987 - School pupils protest against education cuts, County Hall London 1987 Labour Party Young Socialists © Stefano Cagnoni

21-03-1987 - Anti-apartheid protest Birmingham support of the March Month of People Sanctions, AAM. Remembering the South Africans shot by the police at Sharpeville in 1960 and at Langa in the Eastern Cape in 1985... © John Harris

10-10-1986 - 1986: newly contracted-out domestic workers at St Charles Hospital, Notting Hill, hold a lunchtime union meeting over pay and conditions. © Philip Wolmuth

28-06-1986 - Artists Against Apartheid free music festival Clapham Common London 1986. After a March and Rally in London against apartheid in South Africa artists stage a free concert in support of the Anti-Aparth... © Stefano Cagnoni

28-06-1986 - Peter Gabriel, Artists Against Apartheid free music festival Clapham Common London 1986. After a March and Rally in London against apartheid in South Africa artists stage a free concert in support of... © Stefano Cagnoni

28-06-1986 - Gil-Scott Heron, Artists Against Apartheid free music festival Clapham Common London 1986. After a March and Rally in London against apartheid in South Africa artists stage a free concert in support o... © Stefano Cagnoni

28-06-1986 - Peter Gabriel, Artists Against Apartheid free music festival Clapham Common London 1986. After a March and Rally in London against apartheid in South Africa artists stage a free concert in support of... © Stefano Cagnoni

28-06-1986 - Billy Bragg, Artists Against Apartheid free music festival Clapham Common London 1986. After a March and Rally in London against apartheid in South Africa artists stage a free concert in support of th... © Stefano Cagnoni

28-06-1986 - Hugh Masekela, Artists Against Apartheid free music festival Clapham Common London 1986. After a March and Rally in London against apartheid in South Africa artists stage a free concert in support of... © Stefano Cagnoni

28-06-1986 - Protest against Apartheid in South Africa London 1986 © Stefano Cagnoni

23-06-1986 - GCHQ solidarity strike Whitehall London 1986. Spontaneous walkout by civil servants at Cabinet Office in support of trade union rights being restored at GCHQ on the occasion of a visit by civil servic... © Stefano Cagnoni

23-06-1986 - GCHQ solidarity strike Whitehall London 1986. Spontaneous walkout by civil servants at Cabinet Office in support of trade union rights being restored at GCHQ on the occasion of a visit by civil servic... © Stefano Cagnoni

26-05-1986 - Four young women from London at Margate beach 1986. They joined thousands of others on the Whit Monday bank holiday © Martin Mayer

26-05-1986 - Young men annd women from London at Margate beach 1986. They joined thousands of others on the Whit Monday bank holiday © Martin Mayer

26-05-1986 - Young people sunbathing in Margate. They were under an American Bingo sign on Whit Monday bank holiday © Martin Mayer

26-05-1986 - Young people chatting by Margate beach 1986. They joined thousands of others at the seaside on Whit Monday bank holiday © Martin Mayer

26-05-1986 - Young people enjoying themselves in Margate. A mixed group of young people in high spirits in Margate on a Whit Monday bank holiday © Martin Mayer

26-05-1986 - Sikh family on the beach in Margate 1986. They were among thousands enjoying the seaside on Whit Monday © Martin Mayer

26-05-1986 - Young people on Margate main beach 1986. They joined thousands of other at the seaside on Whit Monday bank holiday © Martin Mayer

10-04-1986 - Young woman, Nightingale Estate, Hackney, London 1986 © John Sturrock

10-04-1986 - Tenants in an unmodernised flats in Brune House, owned by Tower Hamlets Council. The flats are mainly occupied by Asian familes, who not only have to put up with damp conditions, but have bathrooms an... © John Sturrock