International records / UK National Archives

Research papers of Marika Sherwood

GB3228.92 | TRIGGER WARNING: Be advised this collection contains material that is of a sensitive nature and potentially triggering content. This collection is made up of Marika Sherwood’s handwritten research notes and much else from the early 1990s, when she was wanted to organise a conference to commemorate the 1945 Pan-African Congress which had been held in Manchester. Her efforts were successful and the conference was held in October 1995. These research notes/papers cover the Congress itself as well as key figures involved with the Congress and the Black community in Manchester in the ea…