Mandela meets family of murdered Stephen Lawrence

Title

Mandela meets family of murdered Stephen Lawrence

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

6 May 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

On a trip to the UK African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela has met the family of 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence, murdered in a racist attack. ANC spokesman Navanethem Pillay reads a statement by Mandela to the press. Doreen and Neville Lawrence, the murdered boy’s parents on the meeting, lack of police action and racism; Marc Wadsworth, National Secretary of the Anti-Racist Alliance on rise in racist attacks. Steve Wright reports.

Contributors

Steve Wright; Navanethem Pillay; Doreen Lawrence; Neville Lawrence; Marc Wadsworth

Keywords

London; Interethnic relations; Homicide; Policing practice; Black peoples; Racially motivated crime; Nelson Mandela; Eltham; Stephen Lawrence

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