Signed petitions supporting justice for Joy Gardner and calling for an independent public inquiry. The petitions were sponsored by ‘The Voice’ newspaper and ‘The Weekly Journal [The International Black Newspaper] Pride’. The petitions stated that “We the undersigned support the demand of the Joy Gardner Memorial Campaign to have a full public inquiry into the circumstances of her death. We call upon the Home Secretary, Michael Howard, to instigate such an enquiry and we request that the Black community be consulted in the composition of the panel”. File also includes stray correspondence from members of the public re support for the campaign and letters from Bernie Grant appealing for campaign funds. File also refers to organisations such as Black Women for Wages for Housework who played an important role in helping to gather signatures for the petitions.
BG/P/6/2/2
May 30, 2014
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