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Papers and correspondence on black and ethnic minority representation and organisation in the Labour Party.

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Notes and correspondence on Atkin’s replacement as candidate for Nottingham East, following her attendance at meetings of the Labour Party Black Sections and remarks about racism in the Labour Party.

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Reports and memoranda of the working party on minorities and positive discrimination within Labour. Also includes press-cuttings, correspondence with members of the working party, and a paper on "The Black Vote".

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Also includes publicity material from other campaigns.

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Meeting minutes and working papers relating to Mark Abrams's membership of various committees.

Scope and Contents Questions answered by NK on subjects including: Black Sections and racism in the Labour Party; taking Labour voters for granted and the need for party discipline to win power; the concentration of resources on target seats; non-payment of the Poll Tax; a greater role for the membership in Party Conferences; education policy; the trades unions and the employment training scheme; the shooting of IRA terrorists in Gibraltar, counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland and Labour's policy on the...

Scope and Contents Working papers on race relations, covering subjects such as racial discrimination and tolerance in specific regions of Britain; immigration and public services; the relationship between 'race prejudice' and socialism and conservatism; Enoch Powell and 'Powellism' in public life; and anti-racism and civil liberties. Consists largely of survey data, Research Services Ltd. manuals for interviewers, and reports, with press cuttings and Mark Abrams's notes. Includes drafts of Mark Abrams's papers...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The most interesting items in the collection are the diaries, interleaved with letters and papers, which Lord Gordon-Walker kept throughout his political career and which shed fascinating light upon his fellow Members of Parliament and Cabinet Ministers and upon the events and personalities involved in international -and especially Commonwealth - affairs. There are numerous articles and speeches by Lord Gordon-Walker together with notes and reviews pertaining to his book ‘The Cabinet’ and a...