File includes written exchanges between Bernie Grant and individuals such as: Reverend Jesse Jackson, Prince Edun Akenzua-Enogie of Obazuwa [Oba of Benin], and Haringey Councillor, Aly Mir. The file also includes the first piece of correspondence between Bernie Grant and Graham Gibson who subsequently became Bernie Grant’s companion and driver, and the first Rastafarian to work in the House of Commons. Correspondence relates to issues such as African reparations, diplomatic efforts in Libya, political use of the term ‘Black’, Black Sections and Black Socialist Society, Transatlantic slavery exhibition, military intervention in Bosnia. Please consult further related correspondence re such issues within Bernie Grant’s subject file series.
