Brixton Riots Anniversary Mural

Two men carry supplies from a white van and past a mural that remembers the 1981 Brixton riots and the systematic racism and harassment by police of Brixton's black community, on 21st January 2022, in Railton Road, London, England. The artwork, by artists Jacob V Joyce, Monique Jackson, Ailsa Yexley, Buki Bayode and Sola Olulode, was crowdfunded and depicts the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Brixton uprisings, when rioting started from 10th, 11th and 12th April 1981 on Brixton's Railton Road, known as the Front Line, triggered by institutional racial discrimination and inequality on young black men, by the Met police.

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Two men carry supplies from a white van and past a mural that remembers the 1981 Brixton riots and the systematic racism and harassment by police of Brixton's black community, on 21st January 2022, in Railton Road, London, England. The artwork, by artists Jacob V Joyce, Monique Jackson, Ailsa Yexley, Buki Bayode and Sola Olulode, was crowdfunded and depicts the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Brixton uprisings, when rioting started from 10th, 11th and 12th April 1981 on Brixton's Railton Road, known as the Front Line, triggered by institutional racial discrimination and inequality on young black men, by the Met police.