The Black People’s Day of Action - https://youtu.be/qJnalZFQqBg
On Monday 2nd March 1981, around 20,000 Black people from all over the UK came together and marched through London. Beginning in New Cross in South London in the morning, people walked for over eight hours, with numbers swelling as the procession moved towards central London.
The march moved through Peckham and Elephant and Castle in South London with chants like ‘Blood Ah Go Run if Justice Nuh Come,’ ‘The people united will never be defeated’ and ‘Thirteen Dead and Nothing Said!’ towards central London via St George’s Circus.
What was the reason for the march? On Saturday 17th January, teenagers Angela Jackson and Yvonne Ruddock were celebrating their joint birthday at Yvonne’s house at 439 New Cross Road when a fire broke out. In the early hours of Sunday morning, thirteen people, all between the ages of fifteen and twenty-two, including one of the birthday girls, died in the New Cross Fire.
The New Cross Fire numerically represented the largest loss of life in Britain since the second world war, yet neither the media nor the political establishment acknowledged the tragedy.
In today's video, we take a closer look into the events surrounding and leading up to the Black People's Day Of Action. In 1981 13 were dead, and nothing was said, but not anymore.
Written and Voice By Kesewa John
Thanks to: Carol Pierre and Claudia Tomlinson.
Further References:
Blood Ah Go Run by Menelik Shabazz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?....v=mJdfu5nD2AQ&t=
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