The growth of the Black Lives Matter movement has led to renewed focus on stories of struggle from racialised communities around the world. In Britain, a new exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery showcases a unique archive that documents the underrepresented history of Afro-Caribbean and South Asian political organisation in towns and cities across the country. ‘Blacklash: Racism and the Struggle for Self Defence’ stages the work of Mukhtar Darr, an artist, producer and activist based in Birmingham. In the 1980’s, Darr was a founding member of the Asian Youth Movement in Sheffield an…

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