The 1970 civil rights march in Notting Hill which led to the trial and acquittal of the Mangrove Nine.

frank crichlow, born 1932
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST IN NOTTING HILL

Frank Gilbert Crichlow was a British community activist and civil rights campaigner, who became known in 1960s London as a godfather of black radicalism. He was a central figure in the Notting Hill Carnival, his restaurant The Mangrove serving for many years as the base from which activists, musicians and artists organised the event. Crichlow was one of the Black activists known as the Mangrove Nine, charged in 1970 with inciting a riot, following a protest against repeated police raids of The Mangrove. They were all acquitted of the most serious charges and the trial became the first judicial acknowledgement of behaviour (the repeated raids) motivated by racial hatred, rather than legitimate crime control, within the Metropolitan Police.