George Padmore Institute

George Padmore Institute
Formation1991 (1991)
FounderJohn La Rose
PurposeArchive, educational research and information centre
Headquarters76 Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3EN, UK
Location
Key people
Roxy Harris (chair)
AffiliationsNew Beacon Books
Websitewww.georgepadmoreinstitute.org

The George Padmore Institute (GPI), founded in 1991 in Stroud Green Road, North London, by John La Rose (1927–2006) and a group of political and cultural activists connected to New Beacon Books, is an archive, library, educational resource and research centre that houses "materials relating to the black community of Caribbean, African and Asian descent in Britain and continental Europe". The institute also hosts talks and readings, as well as other educational and cultural activities.