Incidentally I remember going to a meeting back in October 1992 in Brixton Recreation Centre with about 2,000 people turning out to listen to Bobby Seale, one of the founders of the US Black Panther Party. The meeting was organised by Panther UK, a group set up I believe by people connected to Militant (now the Socialist Party). I think it split the following year, so no doubt the Brixton meeting was its highest point - a lot of people were turned away because they couldn't fit any more in.
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It's also worth mentioning that we have a small exhibition of original and incredibly rare Black Panther Newspapers from 1969-1971. Definitely worth seeing
I was at the Brixton Rec Bobby Seale meeting at the age of 32, with my 4 year-old son and then 64 year-old father. Three generations of white Londoner, we were made to feel very welcome and got ushered into the meeting fast.
I'll never forget it, and my (happens to be mixed-race) son is really proud to have been there.
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