Colin Roach death in custody demo

Title

Colin Roach death in custody demo

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

14 May 1983

Year of production

1983

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:02:59

Description

Report on a demonstration in London in protest against the death of Colin Roach while in custody at Stoke Newington police station on 12/01/83. Includes noise of demonstrators; reading by Lambeth poet Michael Archangel; interview with Hugo Hunt, Stoke Newington and Hackney Defence Campaign. Female reporter not identified (poss. Di Latham).

Contributors

Di Latham?; Michael Archangel; Hugo Hunt

Keywords

Deaths; London; Police; Demonstrations; Homicide; Black peoples; African-Caribbean peoples; Police stations; Stoke Newington; Colin Roach

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.