Tag: darcus howe
Brixton, and the world, remember Darcus Howe
People from all over the world online joined Brixton residents and distinguished visitors to see a plaque honouring Darcus Howe unveiled on Railton Road...
Blue plaque for Darcus Howe on Brixton’s Railton Road
One of Brixton’s biggest and most significant characters, Darcus Howe, will be honoured by the unveiling of a blue plaque on Railton Road next...
Honouring the giants
Alex Wheatle, the Brixton Bard, who was the subject of the Brixton Uprising episode of the Small Axe TV series, reflects on responses to...
Brixton figures in BBC Black history course
With no end to lockdown and home schooling in sight, Ruby Gregory looks at a BBC Black history learning programme that features two prominent...
Expectations: The untold story of Black community leaders
Expectations: The Untold Story of Black British Community Leaders in the 1960s and 1970s will be centre stage at Brixton's Black Cultural Archives from Tuesday...
Wreath for Darcus Howe on Railton Road
Brixton will say its last goodbye to Darcus Howe tomorrow (Thursday 20 April) when his funeral cortege is due to halt outside 165 Railton...
Darcus Howe remembered at Black Cultural Archives
Hundreds of people crowded into Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives last night (9 April) for an event to mark the death of the noted equal...
Tributes to Darcus Howe at Brixton Advice Centre
Flowers for Darcus Howe under his photograph in the window of Brixton Advice Centre on Railton Road where he worked on Race Today magazine.
Thanks...
Darcus Howe – fighter for Black people’s rights
Devon Thomas pays tribute to Darcus Howe, a citizen of Brixton for 30 years and leading campaigner for the rights of Black people
The old...
Railton Road honours local heroes
A visual tribute to Railton Road and inspirational figures, like Darcus Howe and Linton Kwesi Johnson, was launched at the Brixton Advice Centre last...
Darcus Howe at BCA to celebrate British black radicalism
Last weekend the famous broadcaster and campaigner Darcus Howe was at the Black Cultural Archives to speak about race relations in Britain past and...
The amazing life of Darcus Howe: The political biography
Ahead of its launch, Katrin Magnussen meets the authors of ‘Darcus Howe: A Political Biography’.
“Every part of his life is exciting,” exclaims Robin Bunce,...
Organised Youth revive the history of the Brixton Black Panthers.
In 1965, only two weeks before he was assassinated, Malcolm X gave a speech to both the London School of Economics and the Council...