On the 28th September 1985, witnessed by her children, Cherry Groce was shot in her home by the Metropolitan Police. The foundation in here name are planning a new Memorial to be situated in Windrush Square, Brixton.
Tributes & Remembrance
The key events surrounding the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974
21 people were killed in the 1974 bombings. Here is a timeline of events from 1974. Days before the 46th anniversary, West Midlands Police arrest a man in Belfast, in connection with the blasts..
Sojourner Truth: The forgotten history of the slave who fought for women’s rights
Sojourner Truth was a lot of things. She was a slave. A mother. A wife. An activist. A preacher. A woman who wasn’t afraid to stand up for what she believed in, regardless of the consequence.
UFFC Rally 2020 : Memorial family event takes place online
In October 2020 the United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) annual protest & rally moved online with a powerful video tribute that remembered the victims and heard from some of the families affected.
When Steve Biko the man died, Biko the martyr was born
In a month when South Africans are observing the 43rd anniversary of the controversial death in police custody of Steven Bantu Biko, there seems to be a vital need today for leaders of his calibre.
I’m Ahmaud’s mother. My son was killed by two white men while jogging
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased and fatally shot while jogging in Glynn County, Georgia. Three white residents told police they thought he was a suspect in a series of break-ins.
‘Justice will be served’ : Family pays tribute to George Floyd
A private funeral was held for George Floyd, two weeks after a Minneapolis police officer killed him by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s death sparked protests across the US and around the world.
Who was George Floyd? The ‘gentle giant’ trying to turn his life around
George Floyd’s death has sparked protests across the US. He was an unarmed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes as he told them “I can’t breathe”.
