Riot!

Further reading

Britain's Black Population by Mohan Luthra (Arena, 1996) £17.95.
Charts recent changes and trends in Britain's black and ethnic populations.

Empire Windrush by Onyekachi Wambu (Phoenix Paperbacks, 1999) £7.99.
An anthology of articles reflecting on the 50 years since the arrival of hundreds of men and women from the Caribbean and the effects of this mass migration.

Windrush by Trevor Phillips and Mike Phillips (HarperCollins, 1998) £16.99.
Tells the story of 500 West Indians who sailed to Britain in the Empire Windrush and became the symbolic founders of Britain's black communities.

Black British Culture and Society by Kwesi Owusu (Routledge, 1999) £45.00.
An examination of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora in post-war Britain, tracing the transformations of black culture as it establishes itself in British society.

Racism by Craig Donnellan (Independence Educational Publishers, 1999) £6.45.
A look at racism in the late 1990s. Gives information on rights, the media and campaigns.

Links

Aftermath of the 1984 Toxteth Riots
www.bwpics.co.uk/riot.html
Photographs from The Black and White Picture Place, showing the aftermath of the riots and a locally produced satirical postcard.

The Museum of Liverpool Life
www.nmgm.org.uk/life/index.html
Information on the museum, which has a section on 'controversial aspects of Liverpool history, including a local perspective on the 1981 Toxteth riots'.

The Toxteth Educational Trust
www.tet.org.uk/
Provides curriculum information from the internet for use by pupils, parents and teachers.

The Merseyside Police Web Site
www.merseyside.police.uk/main.htm

Police Complaints Authority
www.worldserver.pipex.com/coi/depts/GPC/GPC.html

Race for Opportunity
www.merseyworld.com/bitc/race/rfo.html
A BitC (Business in the Community) campaign specifically developed since the mid-1990s to address continued inequalities for the country's ethnic minority communities.