The Gentrification of Brixton and other Black areas
Recent media articles have complained of London being ‘sold off to foreigners’ It is certainly true that parts of London have drastically changed in appearance in recent years but what impact has there been on the African-Caribbean community ? Black History Walks have hosted a number of educational events on the Windrush generation, civil rights and housing in Brixton/Notting Hill, Peckham but some of our venues no longer exist due to gentrification.
Senior Lecturer Charmaine Brown will give an illustrated talk on the regeneration of Peckham and its impact on the African-Caribbean commmunity.Her talk will cover:
What is gentrification ? Positives and negatives
Peckham’s history: Rural farms, upper class ghetto, urban warzone
Black British Civil Rights in South London
Black Empowerment via Wealth Creation: ‘Box hand’ and ‘Sou Sou’
How African-Caribbean people regenerated Peckham/Brixton/Notting Hill before “Regeneration”
Depopulation, Repopulation and racist shops
Welcome Black ? 21 March
Above: Caribbean ex-servicemen returned to Britain after serving in WW2 Saturday 21 March 1pm-4.30pm Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 Tube: Lambeth North. Free entry: First come,first served www.iwm.org.uk 1946 after black people had fought and died all over the world for Britain those still in England were told to go back where they had […]