The New Cross Fire (January 18, 1981)

The New Cross Fire was a significant turning point in Britain in terms of black Britons, the police and the media’s relationship and intergenerational alliance to expose racism, injustices and the plight of black Britons. Today, the New Cross Fire remains unsolved. But, as Darcus Howe said on the 30th anniversary of the fire in 2011 it is ‘the blaze we cannot forget.’