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OLIVE MORRIS, PROTEST RALLY, BRIXTON OVAL, BRIXTON

OLIVE MORRIS, PROTEST RALLY, BRIXTON OVAL, BRIXTON

Olive Morris at a rally held in front of the Central Library, Brixton, to protest against the use of Special Patrol Group (SPG) for policing in Britain. Olive first became involved with community activism in the late 1960s as a member of the Brixton Youth Section of the British Black Panther Movement. She was the co-founder of the Brixton Black Women's Group in 1974 and after studying at Manchester University she worked at the Brixton Law Centre.Part of the Olive Morris Collection, created and donated by Mike McColgan, Liz Obi and the Remembering Olive Morris Collective.
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Ref:10076
Identifier:IV 279/1/7/4
Date:c.1978

#1976 - 2000  #Black  #BRIXTON CENTRAL  #MORRIS- Olive  #People  #Photograph