Neil Kenlock, pictured in 2002 Since moving to Britain from Jamaica in 1963, Neil...

Neil Kenlock, pictured in 2002

Since moving to Britain from Jamaica in 1963, Neil Kenlock has been at the forefront of documenting the black experience in the UK.

As a photographer, he became renowned for images celebrating the culture and lifestyle of the UK's Jamaican community. He was the official photographer for the UK Black Panther movement, producing powerful portraits of prominent campaigners and protests. He was also a staff photographer for the first national black newspaper - West Indian World. Later, he co-founded Choice FM, the first radio station devoted to playing music of black origin.

The Amazing Lost Legacy of the British Black Panthers

While, in the mid-1960s, the Black Panthers - the famous, American, shotgun-toting ones - were scaring the crap out of white America, the British Black Panthers (BBP) were educating their ...

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