Anti-Apartheid Movement badge; front and back view
Collection search
Source: britishmuseum.org
This search has used the filters: badge, paper, 1960 – 2000 and apartheid. A few additional badges can be found using South Africa instead of apartheid. All images can be downloaded for classroom use.
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=apartheid&images=true&from=ad&fromDate=1960&to=ad&toDate=2000&object=24130&material=18090AAM archives
Source: aamarchives.org
Use the ‘browse the archive’ link to find examples of AAM badges, t-shirts, posters, mugs, bags and many other types of ephemera
Visit the site http://www.aamarchives.org/AAM education resources, with a scheme of work and materials that use the campaign against apartheid as a case study
Source: aamarchives.org
Visit the site http://www.aamarchives.org/education-pack.htmlBBC News video: Apartheid - 46 years in 90 seconds
Source: youtube.com
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2k6iDFCL4
Apartheid explained
Source: youtube.com
Video (2:56) with useful summary of the roots of apartheid.
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7yvnUz2PLE
Campaigning timeline from Parliament UK
Source: parliament.uk
Visit the site http://www.parliament.uk/education/teaching-resources-lesson-plans/campaigning-timeline/British Library Campaign website
Source: bl.uk
Visit the site http://www.bl.uk/learning/citizenship/campaign/campaignhome.htmlVella Pillay video (1:54)
Source: youtube.com
One of the founder members of AAM assesses its work against apartheid.
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRBdDzWuWkQ
Fruits of fear video (1:18)
Source: youtube.com
Campaign film for the boycott of South African produce.
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg8A-tbE3lM
Barbara Castle video (2:59)
Source: youtube.com
The Labour MP and former president of the AAM talking about organising a silent vigil against South Africa.
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zCaEoVDyeg
The AAM at 50
Source: actsa.org
Memories of members of the AAM about campaign activities.
Visit the site http://www.actsa.org/Pictures/UpImages/AAM/Memories_aam.pdfBrixton 1981 video (5:24)
Source: youtube.com
The attitudes of the police towards black people in Brixton in the 1980s
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWGiRX_uEHs
Southall disturbances 1
Source: bbc.co.uk
Interviews with residents and footage of the protest, police response and reference to the death of Blair Peach.
Visit the site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8015653.stmSouthall disturbances 2
Source: youtube.com
A news report.
Visit the site http://youtu.be/Si1eZQb17zUBBC Class Clip: two Asian youths share their experiences of race relations in 1960s Britain
Source: bbc.co.uk
See this video on bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zgt97ty
BBC Class Clip: Black power in 1960s UK
Source: bbc.co.uk
See this video on bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zw32n39
Brief information about the disturbances in Toxteth in 1981
Source: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/exhibitions/toxteth1981/Exploring 20th Century London
Source: 20thcenturylondon.org.uk
Accessibly written website with timeline and objects, images and documents relating to themes including protests, uprisings, citizenship and immigration.
Visit the site http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/Outside the classroom
Black Cultural Archives
Source: bcaheritage.org.uk
Visit the site http://bcaheritage.org.uk/Museum of London
Source: museumoflondon.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/People’s History Museum: history of protest and politics in Britain
Source: phm.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.phm.org.uk/International Slavery Museum, Liverpool
Source: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/exhibitions/toxteth1981/Ulster Museum (National Museums of Northern Ireland), Belfast
Source: nmni.com
The new Modern History gallery examines protest, social revolution and campaigns for civil rights.
Visit the site http://www.nmni.com/um/What-s-on/Permanent-Displays/Modern-HistoryWorking Class Movement Library, Salford
Source: wcml.org.uk
Archive representing 200 years of working class activism, including community responses to racial discrimination.
Visit the site http://www.wcml.org.uk/Bishopsgate Institute, London
Source: bishopsgate.org.uk
Library and archive containing activists’ materials and covering radical, social, labour, feminist and gay history in London.
Visit the site http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/Library/Schools-and-Community-LearningGlasgow Women’s Library
Source: womenslibrary.org.uk
Library, archive and museum with collections linked to social movements and political campaigns.
Visit the site http://womenslibrary.org.uk/explore-the-library-and-archive/the-museum-collection/The Keep, Brighton
Source: thekeep.info
Several archives, including the Mass Observation Archive of material about everyday life in 20th and 21st century Britain.
Visit the site http://www.thekeep.info