Charlie Memorial .com
Raising Oxford’s first statue memorialising a Black person. Dedicated to local hero Charlie Hutchison (1918-1993).
Our campaign aims to construct a statue of local Oxfordshire hero Charlie Hutchison (1918-1993) in Oxford city center. This project is a collaboration between Charlie Hutchison’s surviving family, local Oxford residents, and the Oxford International Brigade Memorial Committee.
Not only will this be the first statue commemorating a Black person erected in Oxford, but possibly the city’s first physical public holocaust memorial. We plan to construct a humble human statue sitting on a concrete bench, a design starkly contrasting with Oxford’s existing statues of powerful men erected in tall buildings looking down upon the people.
Although the statue is our primary goal, we have also worked with historians to host talks and create a biography of Charlie Hutchison, worked with artists and museums to erect displays, and curated an archive to both preserve historical documents on his life. We are happy to have people reach out to us with ideas for new projects and collaborations.
To learn more about Charlie, click here to read about him in the Museum of Oxford’s blog.
The Charlie Hutchison statue & memorial campaign 