Blacks Lives Matter activists held a silent vigil outside the Bullring in July (Photograph: Geoff Dexter)
A Black Lives Matter photography exhibition is on display in central Birmingham this month, capturing the recent revival of the movement in the city earlier this year.
Following the launch of a similar Black Lives Matter exhibition at last month’s ‘Herstory Live’ – an event organised by local creative group Artivist UK – the second leg of the outfit’s pop-up exhibition tour is being staged at Birmingham’s premiere vegan cafe, 3Threes.
On show from November 11 until November 23, the public exhibition explores and highlights the work of local photographers including Myah Jeffers, Shyheim Prince, Shivy Francis, Alison Baskerville and Alexandria Chantiluke; documenting their perspective of a Black Lives Matter demonstration and rally which took place in Birmingham over the summer.
Black Lives Matter supporters marched through Birmingham city centre and held a rally outside Steelhouse Lane Police Station (Photograph: Geoff Dexter)
Birmingham Black Lives Matter activists staged a rally outside Steelhouse Police Station to highlight police brutality in the UK and US (Photograph: Geoff Dexter)
The large demonstration was held on Saturday 9th July and was organised by Olivia Brown and Aliyah Holder. Protesters and supporters who joined the demonstration held banners, while some had their mouths taped shut to symbolise being voiceless.
The activists then joined a rally outside Steelhouse Lane police station, organised by Justice or Else for Kingsley Burrell, while the wider event was supported by Stand Up To Racism Birmingham, alongside community groups and local activists.
A similar protest also took place in Brixton in London, on the same day, to express solidarity with the families of black victims of police brutality in Britain and the US.
A Black Lives Matter protest in Birmingham in 2014, following the police murder of black teenager Mike Brown in the US (Photograph: Adam Yosef)
According to organisers of the exhibition:
“It [the exhibition] exists to showcase a new era of Birmingham’s Black History and create dialogue about institutional racism and its everyday occurrences in the UK. This exhibition is for the people of Birmingham, for Kingsley Burrell, for Mikey Powell, for Sarah Reed, Mzee Mohammed and the countless victims of Police Brutality on UK soil and internationally.”
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The Black Lives Matter photography exhibition is on display at 3Threes coffee lounge between Friday 11th November and Wednesday 23rd November. This a free public display being held upstairs in the venue. Please ask a member of staff for details if required.
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