Resource hub presenting the life's work of the late Bernie Grant MP
This document is a letter dated 25 August 1997 from the Chief Minister of Montserrat to British MP Bernie Grant. It requests his assistance in mediating a crisis caused by poor communication between the…
This letter from Bernie Grant, addressed to Baroness Symons at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1997, highlights urgent concerns about the inadequate housing conditions faced by displaced Montserratian families arriving in the UK.…
This document is a statement titled ‘The Labour Party Needs Black Sections,’ published by the Black Sections National Committee. It addresses systemic racial disadvantage in Britain and calls for greater Black participation within the…
This document is a call from the Labour Party Black Sections urging trade unions to endorse and support the political representation of Black workers within the Labour movement. It highlights the challenges Black workers…
This document highlights an exposé from 1987 revealing supermarkets in Britain were potentially deceived into selling fruit illegally sourced from South Africa, despite sanctions against apartheid. It details how South African fruit was falsely…
This is a letter dated 5 January 1993 from Bernie Grant, then a British Member of Parliament, addressed to Dr. Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana. In the letter, Grant expresses his desire to establish…
This document features British Labour MP Bernie Grant’s involvement with the rap collective BROTHER (Black Rhyme Organisation To Help Equal Rights) in 1989. It highlights Grant’s contribution to the track ‘Beyond The 16th Parallel,’…
This poster advertises a speaking event featuring Reverend Jesse Jackson, organised by the Parliamentary Black Caucus and the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Held at Hackney Empire in London on February 4th, the event focused on the…
This August 1989 issue of Caribbean Times highlights the launch of ‘Beyond The 16th Parallel,’ a rap record by BROTHER (Black Rhyme Organisation to Help Equal Rights), aimed at raising awareness about apartheid and…
This press release from Bernie Grant MP, dated 3 March 1990, shares a letter from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following Grant’s meeting with her. The meeting took place after Grant’s return from South Africa,…
Resource hub presenting the life's work of the late Bernie Grant MP