Social Justice Movements and Legal Campaigns

Steve Cohen

Material collected by Steve Cohen, immigration lawyer in the South Manchester Law Centre and director of the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, relating to over 70 anti-deportation and immigration campaigns fought in Greater Manchester, 1975-2006.

A draft catalogue of the Steve Cohen Collection can be accessed by contacting the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre.

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Macdonald Inquiry

The Macdonald Inquiry into Racism and Racial Violence in Manchester was set up by Manchester City Council in 1987 following the death of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, aged 13, who was killed by a fellow pupil in the playground of Burnage High School on 17 September 1986. The collection consists of archive material relating to the activities of the Macdonald Inquiry and supporting documentation.

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Tandana

The collection consists of material relating to the organisation and activities of Asian Youth Movements in Bradford and Sheffield in the late 1970s and 1980s. A substantial amount of material relates to campaigns supported by the Bradford and Sheffield groups, including local and national anti-deportation and defence campaigns, campaigns against racism, racist attacks, police harassment, workers' rights and solidarity campaigns.

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Papers of Beresford Edwards -v- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (legal papers)

Papers relating to Beresford Edwards' court case against the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Union. In a case tainted with racism, he was expelled from the union in 1969 for alleged non-payment of dues, consequently losing his job in a closed shop. The case went to the high court in London, where Lord Denning denounced SOGAT, ordered £7,971 compensation and concluded his judgment with the dictum: "A man's right to work is now fully recognised by the law."

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Farhat Khan

This collection documents Farhat Khan's campaign against deportation after fleeing Pakistan and seeking asylum in the UK, and the contributions she made to community life in Manchester working with the Manchester Refugee Support Network and the Cheetham Hill Advice Centre.

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