Bernie Grant Archive
A public record of Black British political struggle, community leadership and international justice.
Bernie Grant’s work moved between Tottenham, Parliament and international movements. This archive presents the records, images and histories that document that work and the campaigns around it.
Why this archive matters
Records of campaigns, institutions and communities
The collection helps explain how local government, Parliament, trade unions, Black self-organisation and international solidarity shaped late twentieth-century political life in Britain.
Police accountability, deaths in custody, Broadwater Farm and campaigns against racist criminal justice systems.
RepresentationBlack Political InitiativesBlack Sections, Black MPs, parliamentary caucus work and efforts to change political institutions.
Global solidarityInternationalismAnti-apartheid work, Africa, the Caribbean, Palestine, Ireland and anti-imperialist campaigns.
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Timeline
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Use the timeline to move through Bernie Grant’s early life, council leadership, parliamentary work and campaign activity.
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