Remembering the Black People’s Day of Action
Following the killing of thirteen black youths in a suspected far-right arson attack, Britain’s black population formed an unprecedented movement to confront the institutional racism of the police and the media.
Scuffles break out following police provocation against the Black People’s Day of Action march. (Photo by Gary Weaser/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
On the night of 18 January 1981, 16-year-old Yvonne Ruddock and 18-year-old Angela Jackson celebrated their birthdays at 439 New Cross Road in South London. What should have been a night of celebration would end in horror: a sudden blaze swept through the residence, killing Yvonne, her brother Paul, and a further eleven young black partygoers. Many […]
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