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Blog Post: Dominique Le Gendre reflects on her recent engagement with artists working with archives

Read Dominique Le Gendre's latest blog post while resident at the George Padmore Institute.
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Errol Lloyd Reviews Aubrey Williams: Art, Histories, Futures

Errol Lloyd provides an exclusive review of the book Aubrey Williams: Art, Histories, Futures.
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George Padmore Institute Annual Lecture

The George Padmore Institute is happy to announce: The First George Padmore Institute Annual Lecture
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UPCOMING FREE EVENT – That Bookshop on Stroud Green Road: Encounters with an Archive

We invite you to an event in collaboration with Haringey Council
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UPCOMING EVENT – MAKING HISTORY: THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR OF RADICAL, BLACK AND THIRD WORLD BOOKS 1982–1995

We invite you to an event in collaboration with 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning.
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Our Collection

The Jamaican-born and London-based artist Errol Lloyd has provided a range of his original artworks to help signpost the GPI’s archival collections below. Lloyd, a former member of the Caribbean Artists Movement, has been a long-time friend of the GPI and was closely associated with New Beacon Books. 

CARIBBEAN ARTISTS MOVEMENT

1965-1995

The Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) originated in London in 1966. The intention was to create a forum for English-speaking Caribbean writers, artists and critics resident in the United Kingdom.

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EUROPEAN ACTION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY

1980s-1990s

European Action was an alliance of individuals and organisations engaged in the struggle against racism, fascism, nazism and xenophobia in Europe. Most active from 1990 to 1993.

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BLACK EDUCATION MOVEMENT

1965-1988

The Black Education Movement (BEM) campaigned to secure improvements in the education of black children, including the setting up of supplementary schools and investigations into ‘Educationally Sub-Normal' (ESN) schooling (1965-1988).

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NATIONAL ANTI-RACIST MOVEMENT IN EDUCATION

1960-2006

The collection covers the National Antiracist Movement in Education (1985-2004) otherwise known as NAME and the organisations which preceded it, dating back to the 1960s.

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Celebrating the life of Sarah White at the British Library

Watch the celebration of the life of Sarah White at the British Library.
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