{"id":4029,"date":"2011-04-11T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T08:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2011-04-11T00:02:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T23:02:55","slug":"brixton-uprising-event-windrush-square-sunday-10th-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-uprising-event-windrush-square-sunday-10th-april-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-05.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On a scorching April afternoon, community activists marked the 30th anniversary of the Brixton riots with a public meeting in Windrush Square, followed by a series of talks in the Tate library.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-02.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Reid, the Director of the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton spoke to the crowd after a prayer by the Reverend Canon Ivelaw Bowman.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-03.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event was held outside the new home of the Black Cultural Archives, a national institution dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of people of African descent in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-04.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-06.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-07.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-08.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-09.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0heritage\u00a0centre will feature exhibition space, archive facilities, a library and reading room, plus spaces for seminars, conferences and community use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-10.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-11.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-12.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-13.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/brixton-riot-windrush-square-14.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton uprising event, Windrush Square, Sunday 10th April 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-riot-30-years-on-windrush-square-event-sun-10th-april-2011\/\">More about the 1981 Brixton riots<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a scorching April afternoon, community activists marked the 30th anniversary of the Brixton riots with a public meeting in Windrush Square, followed by a series of talks in the &hellip; 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