Rights & Activism
Explore objects, stories and blogs linked to London’s history as a place of protest, and its many communities’ struggles for their rights.
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Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
The New Cross fire
13 young Black people died in this 1981 tragedy, which led to the Brixton Uprising
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Emmeline Pankhurst: Suffragette icon
Pankurst’s leadership of the militant votes-for-women campaign made her a feminist hero
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From prison to parliament: Suffragettes & Holloway
Delve into the history of Holloway prison, and the stories of the Suffragettes imprisoned there
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
July 8th 2005 drawings made from memory of the events of July 7th 2005 (ink drawing)
Hewitt, John
2005-07-09
Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Mrs Pankhurst arrested and carried bodily by Superintendant Rolfe, 21 May, 1914 (photograph)
Central Press Photos Ltd
1914-05-21
Social History