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South Korea, 1990

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April 12, 1968: Oakland high school students part of the Asian American Movement salute the casket of 16-year-old Bobby Hutton, a member of the Black Panthers killed by police two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King.

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April 11th 1981: Brixton riots

On this day in 1981, rioting began in Brixton, in the Lambeth borough of London, which ultimately left over 300 people wounded. Brixton was an area with high unemployment and a large Afro-Caribbean community. Due to the high crime rate in the area, in April 1981 the police began a crackdown nicknamed ‘Operation Swamp’. This led to thousands of people - mostly young black men - being stopped and searched under the pretense of the ‘sus’ law, which allowed police to arrest people they suspected intended to commit a crime. The disproportionate profiling and targetting of black men led to rising tensions between police and the black community. Rumours of police brutality added to the climate of unrest, and the arrest of a young black man on April 11th sparked off violent clashes with police. The riots lasted for two days, and saw protestors throwing petrol bombs at police, burning cars, and looting shops. In its wake, the Brixton riots left 300 police officers and 65 civilians injured, along with an estimated £7.5 million in damages. An inquiry into the riots led to the end of the ‘sus’ law and the establishment of the Police Complaints Authority, but denied that the Metropolitan police was institutionally racist. Outrage at the continued targetting of black residents by police also encouraged a rise in black political participation in the United Kingdom. Just four years later, Brixton again erupted in violence after a black woman was accidentally shot during a police raid on her home.

35 years ago

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Herbert Bayer (Austrian/American, 1900-1985), Untitled (Red), 1951. Gouache over pencil on paper, 37.8 x 48.6 cm.

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Petit à petit (1970), directed by Jean Rouch

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Julee Huang photographed by Tina Tyrell for L’Officiel Germany

Stylist: Stella Greenspan Hair: Blake Erik Makeup: Jen Myles

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Egon Schiele

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Police cars burn in San Francisco after being attacked by rioters on May 21, 1979, a violent reaction to the verdict of voluntary manslaughter given to former officer Dan White in the killing of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person in the country elected to public office.

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Charles W. Cushman- Turkey, 1965

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JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT

Left: UNTITLED, 1985

Right: UNTITLED

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Moonlight (detail), 1902 oil on canvas Lionel Walden

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