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We focus on the civil rights era of the 1960s and the Free Derry/early troubles period of the 1970s.
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Free Monday admission for local residents at the Museum of Free Derry has been extended until 21 December.

Following a positive response over the summer, local residents can visit the Museum for free every Monday, while students can continue to receive half-price admission.

The offer will help make the Museum more accessible to people living and studying in the city, and to give people more opportunities to spend time exploring the history of the city and the experiences of those who lived through it.

The offer is available on a walk-in basis only. by @museumfreederry

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NWCRA: Justice Rights

Poster for Domhnach na Fola/Bloody Sunday march, 2001, Derry. Translation, ‘ We know, you know - Protecting the guilty’. Graphics of a British soldier, a government official, an RUC officer, and a judge. Designed by Declan McLaughlin.

Donor: Daisy Mules

Catalogue Number: CRA 26 130

https://civilrightsarchive.org/printed-material/domhnach-na-foch/ taken in Derry City, Ireland by @museumfreederry

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NWCRA: Women's Rights

Poster protesting strip searching of women prisoners in Armagh Gaol. From 9th November 1982 the implementation of more frequent strip searches led to local and international campaigns against the practice.

Donor: Peter Moloney

https://civilrightsarchive.org/printed-material/stop-strip-searches/ taken in Derry City, Ireland by @museumfreederry

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🚩NWCRA: Workers' Rights🚩
Poster of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eleanor Marx visiting Derry, 25-29th November 1991

At St Columbs Hall in 1891, Eleanor Marx launched a recruitment drive primarily for women working in Derry’s shirt factories, who then became the first unionised group of women in Ireland. Her father Karl Marx previously wrote about Tillie and Henderson factory in “Das Kapital”.

Donor: Daisy Mules

Catalogue Number: CRA 26 052

https://civilrightsarchive.org/printed-material/100th-anniversary-of-eleanor-marx-in-derry/ taken in St Columb's Hall by @museumfreederry

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‘No Rents, No Rates, No Arrears’, 1971-73

Poster promoting a rent strike until the end of interment. Graphic depicts an illustration of an eviction during the Irish Land Wars (primarily 1879–1882) during which a No Rent Manifesto (1881) was issued by the by imprisoned leaders of the Irish National Land League to protest the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881.

Donor: Museum of Free Derry

Catalogue number: 030757

https://civilrightsarchive.org/printed-material/no-rent-no-rates/

The NWCRA has been made possible by National Lottery Heritage Fund @heritagefunduk #heritagefund taken in Museum of Free Derry by @museumfreederry

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🗓5th October 1968 Civil Rights March, Derry🗓

Poster for a Civil Rights March in Derry, organised by Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) and supported by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA).

The march was baton-charged by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), was internationally reported on, and became a watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement in the North.

(Donor: Museum of Free Derry)

https://civilrightsarchive.org/printed-material/civil-rights-march/

The NWCRA has been made possible by National Lottery Heritage Fund @heritagefunduk #HeritageFund taken in Derry City, Ireland by @museumfreederry

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7 days ago

North West Civil Rights Archive launch!

Today, on the anniversary of the 5th October 1968 Derry Civil Rights March, the Museum of Free Derry are delighted to launch of the North West Civil Rights Archive – a project by the Bloody Sunday Trust / Museum of Free Derry, Guildhall Press and Archive Ireland

North West Civil Rights Archive is a rights-based archive situated in the North West of Ireland, with the purpose of bringing together artefacts and oral histories that document the development of the civil rights movement from the '60s to current day.

Website: https://civilrightsarchive.org/
Instagram: @civilrightsarchive
Facebook: North West Civil Rights Archive

If you would like to contribute printed material or artefacts (digital/physical), or if you’d like to participate in an oral history interview, contact us at info@civilrightsarchive.org

The NWCRA is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Our thanks to @HeritageFundUK and National Lottery players for making this work possible and this archive accessible to all! #HeritageFund #nationallottery taken in Museum of Free Derry by @museumfreederry

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Explore the neighbourhood’s history from Civil Rights to Free Derry to Bloody Sunday.

Residents are invited to visit the Museum of Free Derry for free on Monday’s, while students can enjoy half-price admission.

The offer is available on a walk-in basis only. by @museumfreederry

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Part of Derry’s @bloodysundayt Developing International Solidarity programme, our day with Honor the Earth took us from Donegal along the north coast.

From the ancient stone fort of Grianán of Aileach to Dunluce Castle, Downhill Beach and the heights of Binevenagh, we visited places shaped by centuries of history, and the deep connections between people and the land.

“We are the land, the land is who we are, it informs everything about us, as people and individuals, communities, nations.”

Krystal Two Bulls, Executive Director, Honor the Earth

#HonorTheEarth #DevelopingInternationalSolidarity #BloodySundayTrust #IndigenousSolidarity #LandBack taken in Derry Ireland by @museumfreederry

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Solidarity with the Garvaghy Road residents. by @museumfreederry

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Historian and author Tom Hartley joined us at the Museum of Free Derry to talk about his latest book, The Al Rawdah.

In conversation with Eoghan Mac Cormaic, Tom looked back at internment without trial in the north of Ireland in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and the story of the Al Rawdah prison ship on Strangford Lough, where internees were held in harsh conditions.

Thanks to Tom and Eoghan for a really interesting discussion, and to everyone who came along. by @museumfreederry

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14 days ago

LAND BACK 🌎

It was a privilege to spend the week with Honor the Earth.

Indigenous organisers from the US visited Derry as part of the Bloody Sunday Trust Developing International Solidarity week-long programme.

Their visit built on a history of solidarity between Indigenous activists and the Bloody Sunday campaign, including the visit of American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt to Derry in 1985.

Landback is about more than the return of land. It is about sovereignty, culture, community, self-determination, and the rights of indigenous people.

@honortheearth

#landback #derry
#indigenoussolidarity #developinginternationalsolidarity #bloodysundaytrust taken in Downhill Beach, Castlerock by @museumfreederry

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