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Title
Reading Black History Mural
Date
1990
Medium
paint
Measurements
H (?) x W 3600 cm
Accession number
RG1_BC_S034
Acquisition method
commissioned by Reading Borough Council
Work type
Mural
Owner
Reading Borough Council
Custodian
Reading Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
16th June 1990
Access
at all times
Inscription description
brass plaque mounted on wall underneath mural: Central Reading Youth Provision / Black history mural / Livicated on 16th June 1990 to the memory of C. L. R. James 1901-1989. / and the peaceful anti-Apartheid demonstrators who were massacred in / Soweto by the South African regime during the uprising which began / on this day in 1976. / Painted by the Central Club Mural Team: / Patrick Dawkins. Wayne Edwards, Alan Howard, Kevin Taylor / With assistance from: / Jeff Allamby, Andrea, Allison Hewitt, Izasha, Martyn James, / Conrad John, Cleo Lee, Dennis Small / Commissioned by Reading Borough Council / Supported by: / Reading Borough Council, Central Reading Youth Provision, / Earley Charities, C.F. Rawling and Son, OSS Scaffolding, Covell Matthews, / Wheatley Architects Ltd, B & B Foods Ltd, LINCS, 21 South St. / Central Publications Group, Carlos Holder, Patrick Israel, Larry Sweeney, / Iyakka Talliman, Timmy Toussaint, Alan Warren. / Project Director: Alan Howard