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"On 9th June, I was walking on the high street and planning to head back home before I noticed that many photographers with their big cameras were standing opposite the Oriel College and waiting for something to happen. I checked my phone and…

Film footage of the Rhodes Must Fall protest outside of Oriel College.

Photographs from the protest of the statue of Cecil Rhodes which took place outside Oriel College on the evening of 9 June 2020.

A sign created to support the Black Lives Matter movement displayed on the canal towpath in Oxford. The sign previously displayed messages discouraging non-residents from using the narrow towpath during the Covid-19 lockdown, including the words…

Article from Wesley Mem Weekly for 6 October 2020. It recalls an event in Oxford in 1951, of which we Methodists are ashamed. At least the protest meeting was held in our church. The photo at the top of the page is more cheerful - of the wedding at…

The purposes of Oxford Community Action are:To support new and emerging Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (BAME) alongside more established BAME communities to tackle and overcome barriers created by structural inequalities (e.g. labour…

Photographs of placards from the Black Lives Matter protests on the 3rd and 7th of June 2020 at South Park in Oxford. The majority of these are from the 7th of June protests. The signs were attached to railings by protestors at both the Morrell…

My Dad and I speaking at Black Lives Matter protest in South Park in Oxford:

I was watching the protest via live-streaming on Facebook and there were people watching online from around the world, including Brasil, Nigeria, Tanzania and Pakistan. It really felt as though we were part of a global, not just a local, event.