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
Olaudah Equiano: Writer & abolitionist
A freed enslaved man whose life story drove the abolition of the British trade in enslaved Africans
Politics & Society
Politics & Society
Protesting Margaret Thatcher
The Iron Lady’s time as prime minister sparked resistance and protest that filled London’s streets
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Who was the Suffragette Emily Davison?
After running onto a racecourse, this votes for women campaigner lost her life for the cause
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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Suffragettes celebrate the release of Mrs Tanner from prison (photographic print)
1908-12-03