Skip to main content
A hand gripping four arrows

IN THE GRIP OF CHANGE

The Caribbean and its British Diaspora

Photograph of members of Caribbean Labour Congress (London Branch) with banner

Title
Photograph of members of Caribbean Labour Congress (London Branch) with banner
Description
Billy Strachan was the Secretary of the Caribbean Labour Congress’ London branch, which campaigned for Caribbean self-government and workers’ rights. He is captured on the left side of this photo, holding up the Congress' banner.
Creator
Unknown
Location
London, England
Date
about 1952–67
1952
Access
Hidden
Collection
Activism
Subject
Billy Strachan
Source
See more details on the Senate House Library archives catalogue
Rights
All images within the In the Grip of Change online exhibition are to be used exclusively for the promotion of the library and to facilitate research. If you download and subsequently share any images from the exhibition website, you agree it is your responsibility to ensure appropriate usage is upheld for that image. Commercial use or distribution of this content is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Copyright to content may be held by authors, artists, or their heirs, or may be in the public domain. Senate House Library does not automatically claim copyright on any images shown in the In the Grip of Change online exhibition.
Item Number
49
A photograph of members of the Caribbean Labour Congress (London Branch) holding up a banner with the name of their organisation. On the very left Billy Strachan can be seen holding up the banner. The rest of the people in the photograph have not been identified.
A photograph of members of the Caribbean Labour Congress (London Branch) holding up a banner with the name of their organisation. On the very left Billy Strachan can be seen holding up the banner. The rest of the people in the photograph have not been identified.
A photograph of members of the Caribbean Labour Congress (London Branch) holding up a banner with the name of their organisation. On the very left Billy Strachan can be seen holding up the banner. The rest of the people in the photograph have not been identified.

Map