Organisation that was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). An anti-apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid-1960s after the banning of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress leadership following the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Steve Biko Court This estate is named in commemoration of Steve Biko, a leadi...
Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. His portrait comes from an 1894Â card celebrating his silver wedding anniversary. Â It also has a portrait of his wife and of Tower Bridge.
Alderman and Lord Mayor Of London 1881-2. A dignitary local to Richmond, Byfleet and Petersham.
Councillor Major Denise Capstick. Bermondsey councillor, Mayor of Southwark and Executive Member for Health and Social Care. Nurse reservist in the army. Rose to the rank of Major in the Territoria...
Politician. Â Father of Winston. Â Born at 3 Wilton Terrace, son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough of Blenheim Palace. Â 1874 married the American Jennie Jerome and Winston was their first child. Â (After...
Formed as a trading company but went on to effectively rule India, on behalf of the British. Was involved in the slave trade.
Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Indian Sub-continent
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