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A Meeting of the Continents: The International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books – Revisited: History, Memories, Organisation and Programmes 1982-1995

Edited by Sarah White, Roxy Harris and Sharmilla Beezmohun

Details how the Book Fair came into being, was organised, the role of the founder John La Rose, how and why it ended. With memoirs by participants from around the world. Includes the 12 brochures accompanying the Book Fairs and an index. (2005, 560 pp)

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£ 35.00 GBP

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Art in the Caribbean: An Introduction

By Anne Walmsley and Stanley Greaves

The first section contains a gallery of 40 artworks created in the Caribbean between the 1940s and 2000s. The second section provides a historical background to the Pre-Columbian period (5000BC-AD1500); the colonial and early independence period (1500-1900); and the modern and contemporary period (1900-2010). (2010, 184pp)

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£ 20.00 GBP

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Beacon of Hope: New Beacon in Poetry and Prose: ‘New Beacon Books – the Pioneering Years’

By Ruth Bush and 'Surge' Introduction and Poem by Jay Bernard

Contains research and creative work done under the auspices of the George Padmore Institute. In 2018, Jay Bernard won the Ted Hughes award for new poetry with a multimedia sequence of 'Surge', the poem created after exploring the New Cross Massacre Action Committee archives at the GPI in 2016. (2016, 76pp)

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£ 8.50 GBP

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Black People's Day of Action 02.03.1981

Vron Ware

Sixteen double page photos of the biggest protest by black people seen in Britain, when 15-20,000 marched from New Cross Road through Central London to Hyde Park. A unique social resource of a historical moment for the black community. 14cm x 20cm booklet, 36pp

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£ 6.50 GBP

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Building Britannia: Life Experience With Britain

Edited by Roxy Harris, Sharmilla Beezmohun and Sarah White

Building Britannia continues the history of the black British experience begun in Changing Britannia (1999). With Dennis Bovell, dub musician; Gus John, education and social justice consultant; Aggrey Burke, psychiatrist; Yvonne Brewster, theatre director and actress; Wilfred Wood, Anglican bishop; Althea McNish, textile designer and painter; Alexis Rennie, engineer. (2009, 294pp)

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£ 13.99 GBP

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CHILDREN'S BOOK - Dream to Change the World: The Story of John La Rose

Written and illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max

A magical story about the childhood of John La Rose, a tireless activist and co-founder of the GPI. Readers will also learn about John's life through a fascinating timeline.

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5 to 8 years

£ 5.50 GBP

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CHILDREN'S BOOK - Jump Up! A Story of Carnival

Written and illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max

Jump Up! tells the story of Cecille, a young black girl living in the Caribbean, and how her community develops their very own Carnival, based on their long-remembered African traditions.

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5 to 8 years

£ 5.50 GBP

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Changing Britannia: Life Experience With Britain

Edited by Roxy Harris and Sarah White

A ground-breaking history of the black British post-war experience, containing talks by seven diverse black Britons, all pioneers in their own fields. Whether coming to terms with racism in football, revolutionising radio programming or creating a dynamic new genre of poetry, all the contributors act as bridges between the old world of Empire and the new world quest for racial and social justice in Europe. Includes Pearl Connor-Mogotsi on theatre and film; Garth Crooks on football; Linton Kwesi Johnson on poetry and recording; Courtenay Griffiths on law; Michael La Rose on sound systems; Alex Pascall on radio broadcasting; and Colin Prescod on social academia and filmmaking. (2024, 249pp)

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£ 13.99 GBP

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DVD

Dream To Change The World: A Film About John La Rose (DVD)

Directed by Horace Ové

Based on an interview between John La Rose and Errol Lloyd concerning the Caribbean Artists Movement, New Beacon Books and the relation between culture and politics. Includes John's background, childhood in Trinidad and activities in London. A celebration of the man who 'dreamed to change the world'. Horace Ové is a distinguished Trinidadian photographer and filmmaker. (2006, DVD, 76min)

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£ 15.00 GBP

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Dream to Change the World: The Life and Legacy of John La Rose – The Book of the Exhibition

Edited by Sarah Garrod, Nicole-Rachelle Moore and Sarah White

John La Rose (1927-2006) was a poet, publisher, film maker, trade unionist, and cultural and political activist. This exhibition, held in 2015 in Islington, north London, attempted to show what John believed in and how, through his life and his political and cultural activism, he lived his 'dream to change the world'. His vision was for a world of racial equality and social justice. (2018, 64pp)

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£ 17.99 GBP

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Exploring Archives Teachers' Resource Pack - History and Citizenship Key Stages 3-4

By Roshi Naidoo

Funded by MLA London, the pack includes a handbook with learning activities, 30 image cards of archive items which are used for discussion points. Themes covered: Why do People Protest?, The Caribbean Artists Movement, International Book Fairs.

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£ 6.50 GBP

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Foundations of a Movement: Tributes to John La Rose

Edited by Roxy Harris and Sarah White

Over 60 friends and colleagues write about their relationship with John, how their activities were affected by his political and cultural perspectives and by his methods of work. Political and personal memoirs, essays and poems from the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, the USA and the UK are all included. (1991, 196pp)

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£ 9.00 GBP

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DVD

Mangrove Nine (DVD)

Produced by John La Rose and Franco Rosso

Forty-minute film about the trial and charges that arose from a demonstration to protest against police harassment of the popular Mangrove Restaurant in Notting Hill, London in the early 1970s. An historic event in the life and political development of the black community in Britain. (2012 [1973], DVD)

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£ 7.50 GBP

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New Beacon Review No 1 (July 1985)

Edited by John La Rose

Contains a reprint of the document of the West Indian Standing Conference issued around the struggle against the colour bar on London buses in the 1960s. (1985, 112pp)

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£ 2.50 GBP

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New Beacon Review Nos 2/3 (November 1986)

Edited by John La Rose

Contains a reprint of the 1966 document on 'Nigger Hunting in England' by Joseph A. Hunte. (1986, 160pp)

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£ 4.50 GBP

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Politics and Peoples’ Power After Obama plus DVD

By David Abdulah

The text and discussion of one of three John La Rose Memorial Lectures held between 2010 and 2013. It reflects and explores ideas and concerns close to John La Rose's heart. Accompanied by a DVD. (2010)

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£ 5.00 GBP

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Resisting Metaphysical Empires: Language as a War Zone

By Ngugi wa Thiong'o

The text and discussion of one of three John La Rose Memorial Lectures held between 2010 and 2013. It reflects and explores ideas and concerns close to John La Rose's heart. Accompanied by a CD and photographs. (2013)

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£ 5.00 GBP

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The Caribbean Artists Movement 1966-1972: A Literary and Cultural History

By Anne Walmsley

The classic history of this major cultural movement of Caribbean writers and artists founded in 1966 by Kamau Brathwaite, Andrew Salkey and John La Rose. The Caribbean Artists Movement flourished in Britain in the late 1960s and influenced many later intellectual and artistic developments. (1992, 356pp)

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£ 17.99 GBP

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The Changing Nature of Black Cultural Politics 1960-2010 plus DVD

By Jayne Cortez

The text and discussion of one of three John La Rose Memorial Lectures held between 2010 and 2013. It reflects and explores ideas and concerns close to John La Rose's heart. Accompanied by a DVD. (2011)

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£ 5.00 GBP

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The New Cross Massacre Story: Interviews with John La Rose

Prologue by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Epilogue by Gus John

The New Cross Fire took place in 1981 and claimed the lives of 13 young black people at a birthday party. This is a reprint of the original booklet published in 1984 by the Alliance of the Black Parents Movement, the Black Youth Movement and Race Today Collective. The significance of the period and the event today are also explored by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Gus John. (2011 [1984], 80pp)

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£ 7.50 GBP

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Unending Journey: Selected Writings

By John La Rose. Introduction by Linton Kwesi Johnson

A selection of short essays and writings that reflect John La Rose's varied activities: politics, literature, music, artistic creativity, culture and society, technology, trade union and worker solidarity, social equality and racial justice. 'There is both clarity and complexity in his ideas; and his prose exhibits the art of a consummate communicator.' Linton Kwesi Johnson. (2014, 86pp)

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£ 8.50 GBP

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