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
Emmeline Pankhurst: Suffragette icon
Pankurst’s leadership of the militant votes-for-women campaign made her a feminist hero
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
How the Peasants’ Revolt rocked medieval London
In the summer of 1381, a popular rebellion led by Wat Tyler threatened to topple the ruling elite
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From our experts
Mapping the legacy of slavery in London’s Docklands
Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape
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Photography
Photography
A man sitting by the window of a house on Ellingfort Road, Hackney (cibachrome print)
Hunter, Tom, Hunter, Tom
1994
Photography
Photography
Hunger marchers rest on their journey from Tyneside to London (silver gelatin print)
Spender, Humphrey
1936-10-31
