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In this play, explore the life of Manchester’s boxing legend, Len Johnson.
Born in Clayton in 1902, Johnson was a major figure in British boxing in the early 20th century, and a noted anti-racist campaigner and communist, setting up the New International Club in Moss Side as a vehicle for black political and social self-organisation in the city and campaigning against racism at home and abroad.
As a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Johnson attended the Fifth Pan African Congress in 1945, and ran in multiple elections for the Moss Side ward. Created by local campaigner, Lamin Touray, in collaboration with members of the Moss Side and Hulme community - this play tells his story.
