Book launch: Who Killed Oswald Grey?

Schedule

Fri Oct 24 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

B5 5RA | Birmingham, EN

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Hear the forgotten story of Jamaican, Oswald Grey, the last man hanged in Birmingham in 1962 - and the last Black man executed in Britain
About this Event

Join us for the book launch of "Who Killed Oswald Grey?"

Date: Friday October 24th 2025

Time: 19:00

Location: B5 5RA - The ML2 Lounge

Hosted by Genesis Radio Birmingham and supported by a host of high-profile people of Jamaican heritage - and plenty of others too! - this is a chance to discover this forgotten piece of Birmingham history that talks to us of racism and injustice across the decades. With readings and commentary, Q&A with the author Jon Berry and a chance to mingle and socialise, this will be an evening that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the social history of race in our city.


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The scene of the M**der of Thomas Bates in the family newsagents on Lee Bank Road on June 2nd, 1962. Police - and some witnesses - wrongly thought that the culprit had fled the scene on a number 8 bus. Less than six months later, 20-year-old Jamaican, Oswald Grey - known as Roy - was hanged for the crime at Winson Green Pr*son. Justice was hasty and careless when it came to what was seen as a disposable young Black man. It's a story that echoes down the years.

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B5 5RA, New Canal Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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