‘I was totally petrified’: remembering the 1981 Brixton uprising 40 years on
This Saturday, 10 April, will mark four decades since the beginning of the Brixton uprising, a violent confrontation between Metropolitan
This Saturday, 10 April, will mark four decades since the beginning of the Brixton uprising, a violent confrontation between Metropolitan
Brixton in 1981 was a world apart from the rest of Britain. Reggae music livened every street corner, activism and