History of Parliament · @HistParl
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Lee served as Minister for Arts 1964-70. During this time, government spending on the Arts more than doubled and Lee had a key role in the creation of Open University. Lee was given a life peerage in 1970, becoming Baroness Lee of Asheridge. @histodon

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Chloe · @sarahjanesmith
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£4k grants for 8 Black led groups and Black individuals via 81actsofexuberantdefiance.com/

The 1981 Brixton uprisings were followed by Black communities in Handsworth, Chapeltown, Toxteth, and Moss Side. These events permanently altered the trajectory of the Black experience in Britain for generations.

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JennieMacfie Queen of Teacups · @JMacfie
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