Modern Radicals (1960-1979) Gallery
The 60s and 70s were defined by civil rights movements that stood up to the actions of governments that did not adequately represent the people. The items in this gallery show some cultural highlights that defined the era and some of the pioneering figures that led the fight for equality.
Stanford-Binet intelligence scale by Lewis Madison Ternan & Maud Amanda Merrill, 1960
Translation of the National Anthem of the German Democratic Republic by Yvonne Kapp, 24 March 1961
Programme and related press cuttings for Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, 1963
The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett, 1963
Joan Gili’s translation of Stanley Kubrick’s film Barry Lyndon, 1967
Gay Liberation Front Manifesto, 1971
Independence Day Carnival / Oz obscenity trial poster, 1971
Orbit - the monthly magazine for Zambian youth, c.1971-74
Red Rag: a magazine of women's liberation. No. 8, February 1975
Supermouse comix : Supermouse meets Pussa the Great! by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1978
Dr Ann Kendall crossing a rope bridge in the Cusichaca valley in one of her first research trips to the region in Peru, c. 1978
Women’s Liberation and the New Politics by Sheila Rowbotham, 1971
Finding A Voice: Asian Women in Britain by Amrit Wilson, 1978
West Indian Digest Vol. 2 No. 5, 19