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Bishopsgate Institute

Anti-Racist Alliance


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0372 ARA

Held at: Bishopsgate Institute

Title: Anti-Racist Alliance

Date(s): 1990-1994

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 9 boxes

Name of creator(s): Anti-Racist Alliance

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Established in November 1991, the ARA is the first Black-led, broad-based coalition campaigning to stem the rising tide of racism, anti-Semitism and support for the extreme right. The ARA is supported by over 800 organisations including many national Black and Jewish organisations. It also has the support of more than 90 MPs and MEPs from across the political spectrum, as well as thousands of individuals. The ARA organises campaigns locally and nationally against racist murders, attacks and harassment.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers and correspondence of the Anti-Racist Alliance, [1990-1994].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

No further arrangement required

Conditions governing access:

Apply to the Archivist

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying and digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Finding aids:

Copy of handlist available in Library Reading Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Mark Wadsworth, 07 November 2012.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: November 2012


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Campaign groups | Groups
Racial discrimination

Personal names

Corporate names
Anti-Racist Alliance

Places