New Cross Massacre Action Committee

The New Cross fire becomes a focus of Black protest

📅 18 January 1981

A fire at a birthday party in New Cross led to the deaths of thirteen young Black people. In a climate of racist attacks, families and supporters feared racist violence and condemned the response of...

The Black People's Day of Action challenges official indifference

📅 2 March 1981

Thousands marched through London following the New Cross fire, passing the site of the tragedy and taking their protest towards Parliament and Fleet Street. The New Cross Massacre Action Committee...