Their names are Nsar and Baïda Doghmane, Hanifa Taguelmint, Farid Lahoua or Toumi Djaïda and they came out of the northern districts of Marseille or Minguettes in Lyon to march in search of equality. We are in 1983 and for the first time they go together to Paris to talk about the violence of everyday racism, the tensions with the police, the attacks and the assassinations. Forty years ago, an anti-racist and peaceful march left Marseille on October 15 and arrived in Paris on December 3. A delegation of young people, considered immigrants, was then received by President François Mitterrand.
If one of their demands on the residence card succeeds by becoming unique and ten renewable, the government does not respond to all their demands: equal treatment before the courts and the police, the right to housing, to work and education remain fundamental issues for French society. 1983, the march against racism, is a documentary by Daphné Gastaldi, produced by Valérie Nivelon and directed by Sophie Janin and Robin Cussenot.
To discover :
The history museum of Marseille and the exhibition of activists on the March
The National Coordination of the 40th anniversary of the march
The Facebook of the 40th anniversary of the march
Chronology
1973 : wave of racist assassinations in Marseille.
May 10, 1981 : Mitterrand elected with the support of neighborhood voters
1983: racist attacks and crimes are increasing
June 20, 1983 : one evening of Ramadan, Toumi Djaïdja takes a bullet fired by a police officer
October 15, 1983 : start of the Marseille march
November 1983 : defenestration of Habib Grimzy from the Bordeaux-Ventimiglia train by legionnaire candidates
December 3, 1983 : arrival in Paris, place de la Concorde. Delegation received by François Mitterrand
1985: the March and the SOS Racisme march in parallel. Recovery by the PS.
February 21, 1995: assassination of Ibrahim Ali, by an FN activist in Marseille
2005: riots in France in disadvantaged neighborhoods
June 2022: march in Marseille against racism and for solidarity
October-December 2023 : 40 years of walking
Bibliography:
– The steps. A missed appointment but a step towards emancipation, by François Brun
– Ten years of Marche des Beurs: chronicle of an aborted movement, ed. Desclée by Brouwer, 1994
– The March for Equality and Against Racism, ed. Amsterdam, 2013, Abdellali Hajjat
– Portrait ofHanifa Taguelmint In Release on 10/22/2013