Walking Tours with Kelly Foster

10:30am

Black Women / Black Power in Brixton. This walk traces the networks and organisations that created the Black Women's Movement of the 1970s and 1980s. From the legacies of women like Claudia Jones and Olive Morris to the genesis Black Power in 1960s Brixton - we'll focus on how Black women organising in this south London neighbourhood left their mark and changed the landscape of contemporary Britain.

10:30am

From dub poetry to dubstep, the radiograms and radio stations, we explore the stories and sites of more than 100 years of Black music in Brixton. Tracing the musicians who brought jazz to the UK, the record shop that was headquarters to the British civil rights movement, the Trinidadian superstar who created an anthem for the Windrush generation, and how the arrival of the sound system changed British music forever.

10:30am

This walk focuses on the specific connection between Brixton and the 1948 voyage of the ship Empire Windrush. The phrase 'Windrush Generation' has entered into everyday language as a catch-all term to describe West Indian settlement in the UK after World War Two. Expanding on the known narrative of "Windrush" era, using archives and unpublished personal testimonies, this walk will explore the forgotten stories and lost sites of post-war Brixton, its connection to the passengers on the ship Empire Windrush, and the men and women from the Caribbean who made their home in Lambeth.