Empathy Museum

The Empathy Museum presents A Mile In My Shoes.

In 1981, black communities in Brixton rose up in bloody confrontation with the Met Police, against a backdrop of racism, severe economic recession and high unemployment.

They followed on from similar events in Bristol the year before, and the summer of 81 brought further uprisings across England, including in Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

The police need to be held to account.

for some of the injustice that black community have endured over the years and decades in some cases.

A Mile in My Shoes 81 Uprisings was produced by the Empathy Museum and created with 81 acts of exuberant defiance and the Abele Initiative.

This series was made possible by the National Heritage Lottery Fund.

This is one time in our lives

The Empathy Museum presents A Mile in My Shoes

And an ordinary day became a life-changing [upbeat music] In 1981, Black communities in Brixton rose up in bloody confrontation with the Met police, against a backdrop of racism, severe economic recession, and high unemployment.

They followed on from similar events in Bristol the year before, and the summer of '81 brought further uprisings across England, including in Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds.

You know, I'm still here walking my trod, and that in and of is also revolutionary.

[upbeat music]

A Mile in My Shoes: '81 Uprisings was produced by the Empathy Museum and created with 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance and the Ibele Initiative.

This series was made possible by the National Heritage Lottery Fund.