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Description: | On August 13 1977, anti-racist demonstrators met in Lewisham to challenge National Front supporters who planned to march through the multi-racial area. A rally by the All Lewisham Campaign against Racism and Fascism (Alcaraf) passed off peacefully during the morning. However, strong opposition to the afternoon march brought hundreds of protesters out on the streets to confront it.
The counter-demonstration brought Black, White and Asian people together in defiance of the right-wing march, but in doing so turned the streets of Lewisham into a battleground. Jim Rice, who was born in Deptford, Lewisham, photographed the violence as well as local residents such as this Sikh man and Indian couple. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� Jim Rice, www.londonphoto.co.uk | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | August 1977 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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