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1960s 1964 activity angry B+W black and white bystanders free speech gesture homemade Hyde Park leisure listeners London male man observers orate orator outside park point proselytise rant soapbox Speaker’s Corner Swinging Sixties urban wheelchair

A man in a patterned jumper stands on a soapbox and gestures emphatically at the sky, watched by a small crowd that includes a well-dressed man in a wheelchair. Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London, 1964

1960s 1962 activism activist B+W black and white campaign change crowd demonstration girls GLC Greater London Council LCC London London County Council metropolitan people petition politics prams protest street supporters Swinging Sixties toddlers urban

Two small girls in prams sit in front of a banner marked Save The L.C.C (London County Council) prior to it being replaced by the GLC (Greater London Council), London circa 1962

1960s 1962 activism activist B+W black and white campaign change crowd demonstration GLC Greater London Council LCC London London County Council metropolitan people petition politics protest street supporters Swinging Sixties urban

An elderly woman signs the petition to save the L.C.C (London County Council) prior to it being replaced by the GLC (Greater London Council), London circa 1962

1960s 1963 activism activist America anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist campaigners civil rights equality famous humanitarian left wing local London march political activist political protest politics procession protest movement protestors racism Swinging Sixties USA

Marchers carry a banner whilst taking part in a Black Equality civil rights demonstration supportive of African Americans, London, circa 1963

06 October 1963 1960s activism actor anniversary appeal B+W black and white campaign celebrity central demonstration famine relief launch London Oxfam Oxford Committee for Famine Relief people personality Peter Finch political protest politics protest movement rally Swinging Sixties Trafalgar Square urban

Actor Peter Finch onstage at a campaign launch for famine relief in Trafalgar Square celebrating 21 years of Oxfam, 06 October 1963

1960s 1963 activism activist Aldermaston Aldermaston to London anti-nuclear B+W black and white campaign Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament central CND demonstration demonstrator Federation of London Anarchists Hyde Park London march Noble Furs peace campaigners people political protest politics procession protest movement rally Regents Street Swinging Sixties urban

People gesticulate, clap, sing and carry a Federation of London Anarchists banner as they pass Noble Furs of Regent Street on the way to Hyde Park and the end of the 1963 Aldermaston to London march, circa 1963

1960s 1963 B+W black and white cold crowd demonstration deprivation freezing housing landlord London megaphone placard politics and protest poverty protestors racketeer landlords slum Southwark Swinging London Swinging Sixties winter

A man stands on a step-ladder and addresses a crowd through a megaphone, during a housing demonstration against racketeer landlords in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, London, in the freezing winter of 1963. One demonstrator holds a sign saying 'Take Over Slum And Racketeer Houses'

1960s 1962 activism activist B+W black and white campaign change crowd demonstration GLC Greater London Council LCC London London County Council metropolitan people petition politics protest street supporters Swinging Sixties urban

A young man signs the petition to save the L.C.C (London County Council) prior to it being replaced by the GLC (Greater London Council), London circa 1962

1960s activism activist America anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist campaigner civil rights community leader equality famous humanitarian left wing local London march Metropolitan Police political activist political protest politics procession protest movement protestors racism speaker Swinging Sixties USA

Two white police officers stand in the foreground as 'Black Equality' march leaders and demonstrators walk through Mayfair streets to the American Embassy, central London, circa 1963

1960s activism activist African-American American anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist boxer bystander campaigner Cassius Clay civil rights community leader equality famous humanitarian Jim Crow left wing local London march Muhammed Ali political activist political protest politics procession protest movement protestors racism speaker Swinging Sixties USA

American boxer Cassius Clay speaks to the crowd whilst taking part in a Black Equality civil rights demonstration supportive of African Americans, during a stop at the corner of Park Street, W1 on the way to the American Embassy in London, circa 1963

1960s activism activist anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist bystander campaigner Caribbean civil rights communist community leader famous feminist humanitarian journalist left wing local London march Notting Hill Notting Hill Carnival peace campaigner political activist political protest politics procession protest movement radical residents Swinging Sixties Trinidadian

Bystanders watch as a civil rights demonstration passes through Notting Hill, West London, circa 1963

1960s 1963 activism activist actor anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist campaigner Caribbean civil rights communist community leader famous feminist humanitarian journalist left wing local London march Notting Hill Notting Hill Carnival peace campaigner Pearl Prescod police officer political activist political protest politics procession protest movement radical residents singer Swinging Sixties Tobago Tobagonian Trinidadian

A police officer chats with Tobagonian activist Claudia Jones whilst actor Pearl Prescod sings beside her, as they lead a civil rights march in Notting Hill, West London, circa 1963

1960s activism activist anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist campaigner Caribbean civil rights communist community leader famous feminist humanitarian journalist left wing local London march Notting Hill Notting Hill Carnival peace campaigner political activist political protest politics procession protest movement radical residents St. Stephens Tenants Association Swinging Sixties Trinidadian

The St Stephen's Tenants' Association carry banners down St Stephen's Gardens during a civil rights march in Notting Hill, circa 1963

1960s activism activist anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist campaigner Caribbean child civil rights communist community leader famous feminist humanitarian journalist left wing local London march Notting Hill Notting Hill Carnival peace campaigner political activist political protest politics poverty procession protest movement radical residents Swinging Sixties Trades Union Congress Trinidadian TUC

A woman and her daughter look at the street from behind the railings of a basement flat in Notting hill, West London, as a civil rights demonstration passes out of shot, circa 1963

1960s activism activist African-American American anti-racist B+W Baptist black and white Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament campaigner Canon Collins christian church civil disobedience civil rights CND community leader famous Hilton Hotel humanitarian left wing London Martin Luther King Jr.minister MLK Nobel Peace Prize pacifist peace campaigner pipe political activist political protest politics protest movement Ralph Abernathy Swinging Sixties

Canon Collins points at someone out of shot and MLK gestures as he speaks at a London press conference at the Hilton Hotel, organised by CND in December 1964. L-R: Canon Collins, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy

1960s 1963 B+W black and white cold crowd demonstration deprivation freezing housing landlord London megaphone placard politics and protest poverty protestors racketeer landlords slum Southwark Swinging London Swinging Sixties winter

A man stands on a step-ladder and addresses a crowd through a megaphone, during a housing demonstration against racketeer landlords in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, London, in the freezing winter of 1963. One demonstrator holds a sign saying 'Take Over Slum And Racketeer Houses'

1960s 1963 activism activist B+W banners black and white campaign campaigner child Committee of 100 demonstrator direct action London men Michael Randle non-violence peace campaigner people political protest politics protest movement supporters Swinging Sixties USAF Wethersfield women

1960s 1962 activism activist American audience B+W biochemist black and white Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament chemist CND Linus Pauling London Nobel Prize for Chemistry Oxford Peace Conference peace campaigner political protest politics protest movement quantum theory Swinging Sixties

American chemist, biochemist, peace activist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954, Linus Pauling listens to a speaker during the Oxford Peace Conference in 1962

1960s 1961 activism activist B+W babies black and white campaign campaigners children Christmas December demonstration demonstrator homelessness housing London march men Oxford Street people political protest politics procession protest movement rally Swinging Sixties women Xmas

A large crowd of people, including babies, gathers in front of a Christmas tree during a demonstration against homelessness held on Oxford Street, London, during December 1961

1960 1960s activism activist anti-apartheid B+W banners black and white boycott campaign campaigners demonstration demonstrator equality February London march men people political protest politics procession protest movement racialism racism rally South Africa Swinging Sixties women

During a 1960 march against apartheid, protestors hold banners that state 'Against Apartheid - Boycott South African Goods March 1st-11th'. The protestors are marching down a central London street and are outside a furniture store

1960s activism activist Against Tyranny atomic B+W banners black and white campaign CND logo Committee of 100 crowd demonstration demonstrator double decker bus flags London march peace campaigners people political protest politics procession protest and politics protest movement rally research Swinging Sixties Whitehall

Committee of 100 demo 'Against Tyranny'. Demonstrators fill Whitehall, including police, banners etc.

1960s 1965 B+W Baillie Vass black and white Conservative demonstration famous government John Wells London magazine Mass for Vass May Day Peter Cook placards politics Prime Minister Private Eye procession proprietors protest rally Rann of Kutch Richard Ingrams satire Sir Douglas Alec-Home Swinging Sixties wheelchair

On 01 May 1965 (May Day), Private Eye magazine holds a

1960s activism activist anti-war B+W Bertrand Russell black and white British CND famous humanitarian left wing liberal logician London mathematician Nobel Prize in Literature pacifist peace campaigner philosopher political protest politics protest movement radical social theory socialism socialist Swinging Sixties

British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell sits in a chair and holds a microphone whilst looking out of shot

1960s 1962 adults astronaut B+W Battersea Park black and white child children crowds event Festival of Labour float futuristic Great Britain Labour Party leisure London observers optimistic outside parade park pastoral politics relaxing rocket ship scientist spaceman spaceship Swinging Sixties technology trees view woman

During the 1962 Festival of Labour in Battersea Park, a float takes part in a parade. The float is titled 'Designing a great future - Designing a Great Britain' and has people dressed as scientists and astronauts working at draughting tables, as well as a futuristically-styled rocket ship. The float is passing Labour Party leaders, seen from the back

1960s 1965 Aladdin B+W Baillie Vass black and white brass band Conservative costumes demonstration drums famous government lamp London magazine Mass for Vass May Day placards politics Prime Minister Private Eye procession protest rally satire Sir Douglas Alec-Home Swinging Sixties

On 01 May 1965 (May Day), Private Eye magazine holds a

1960s 1963 activism activist actor anti-racist B+W black and white black nationalist campaigner Caribbean civil rights Claudia Jones communist community leader famous feminist humanitarian journalist left wing London march Notting Hill Notting Hill Carnival peace campaigner Pearl Prescod political activist political protest politics procession protest movement radical singer Swinging Sixties The West Indian Gazette and Afro-Asian Caribbean News Tobago Tobagonian Trades Union Congress Trinidadian TUC wig

Tobagonian activist Claudia Jones and actor/singer Pearl Prescod lead a civil rights march through Notting Hill, West London, circa 1963

1960s 1964 activism activist African-American American anti-war B+W black black and white el-Haji Malik el-Shabazz famous left wing London Malayan Islamic Study Group Malcolm Little Malcolm X minister Muslim Mosque Inc.Nation of Islam NOI political protest politics protest movement racism radical separationist smiles social critic socialism socialist Swinging Sixties

Malcolm X smiles as he turns over a piece of paper during his speech at the Malayan Islamic Study Group in Notting Hill on December 05 1964

1960s 1964 activism activist African-American American anti-war B+W black black and white el-Haji Malik el-Shabazz famous left wing London Malayan Islamic Study Group Malcolm Little Malcolm X minister Muslim Mosque Inc.Nation of Islam NOI political protest politics protest movement racism radical separationist social critic socialism socialist Swinging Sixties

A close-up of Malcolm X as he speaks at the Malayan Islamic Study Group in Notting Hill on December 05 1964

1960s activism activist Arts Council B+W black and white British CND Conway Hall famous Jennie Lee Labour Party left wing London Member of Parliament Minister for the Arts MP Open University peace campaigner political protest politics protest movement Scottish socialism socialist Swinging Sixties

Scottish socialist politician Jennie Lee gestures with her right hand as she speaks at a meeting in Conway Hall, probably in 1963

1960s 1962 adults audience B+W Battersea Park black and white crowd crowds event Festival of Labour Great Britain hat Labour London Labour Party leisure London men optimistic outside park pastoral politics relaxing ribbon smiling Swinging Sixties view women

During the 1962 Festival of Labour in Battersea Park, two women wearing Welcome to Labour London hats stand in the crowd

1960s activism activist African-American American anti-racist B+W Baptist black and white Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament campaigner christian church civil disobedience civil rights CND community leader famous Hilton Hotel humanitarian left wing London Martin Luther King Jr.minister MLK Nobel Peace Prize pacifist peace campaigner political activist political protest politics protest movement Swinging Sixties

Martin Luther King Jr. rests his chin on his hands at a London press conference at the Hilton Hotel, organised by CND in December 1964; shot in close-up

1960s activism activist anti-apartheid anti-war B+W Barbara Castle black and white British demonstration famous humanitarian Labour Party left wing liberal London Member of Parliament MP pacifist peace campaigner political protest politics protest movement radical rally socialism socialist Swinging Sixties Trafalgar Square

Barbara Castle MP speaks at an anti-apartheid rally in Trafalgar Square, central London, circa 1962

1960s activism activist African-American American anti-war artist author B+W black black and white civil rights campaigner Civil Rights Movement Congress of Racial Equality experimental famous gay homosexual James Baldwin left wing London playwright poet political protest politics protest movement racism radical social critic socialism socialist Swinging Sixties

African American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, civil rights campaigner and social critic James Baldwin in close up

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