File contains correspondence such as a facsimile copy of a letter from Mrs Myrna Simpson (mother of Joy Gardner) to Prime Minister John Major calling for an independent public inquiry; letters of support from Members of Parliament and constituents re the campaign; correspondence re new medical evidence and use of restraints on Joy Gardner; copy of a letter from Max Madden MP to Michael Howard [Secretary of State for Home Affairs] urging for an independent inquiry into deportation procedures.
Category Archives: Joy Gardner Campaign correspondence
BG/P/6/1/6
File comprises correspondence from various local, national and international organisations and individuals voicing support for the local campaign of protest, expressing sorrow and anger at the death of Joy Gardner, calling for justice, and supporting Bernie Grant’s efforts and the larger campaign in general. Includes letters to Bernie Grant from correspondents such as local constituents and members of the public, Black European Community Development Federation, Trinidad and Tobago Association of the United Kingdom, Confederation of Indian Organisations (UK), The Parish of Holy Trinity, London Borough of Croydon, Holwell, The Yorkshire Bookseller, Olabisi Olaleye Foundation, and the British Afro-Asian Solidarity Organisation.
BG/P/6/1/7
File contains correspondence, press releases and clippings, copies of newspapers and bulletin specials re Joy Gardner [eg Socialist Outlook Sep 1993], campaign flyers, and petitions to the Director of Public Prosecutions. Includes copy of a letter to Bernie Grant from Reverend Jesse Jackson [of the National Rainbow Coalition] expressing sorrow over the death of Joy Gardner and support for the campaign, dated 15 Sep 1993.
BG/P/6/1/1
Private and confidential file re mainly personal, legal and medical correspondence concerning Joy Gardner. Includes handwritten letter to Bernie Grant from Joy Gardner relating to her immigration status, dated 29 June 1992.
BG/P/6/1/2
File comprises correspondence and supporting material for the justice for Joy Gardner Campaign. Supporting material includes documents such as the original handwritten note scrawled by Bernie Grant upon receiving the initial telephone call from the Tottenham Police Station with news of the Joy Gardner incident. Amongst other significant correspondence, there are written exchanges such as an original letter between Bernie Grant MP and the Home Office re Joy Gardner and deportation proceedings [dated prior to the incident which prompted the campaign (28th July 1993)]; and a letter from Paul Condon [Metropolitan Police] thanking Bernie Grant ‘for the constructive way in which you worked with us to help achieve the initial objectives of establishing the truth of what happened and to reduce tension in the community’, dated 4 August 1993.