Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton was lit up in purple last night in a show of anti-racism in the wake of George Floyd's death.
Mr Floyd was killed on May 25 while in police custody in the US city of Minneapolis.
His death sparked protests across the US, as well as in London.
In response to the killing, Lambeth Council is organising a “community listening event” to discuss issues, including increased use of police stop and search powers, anti-social behaviour and tensions between gangs.
Ahead of the symbolic lighting up, council leader Jack Hopkins said Mr Floyd's death highlighted discrimination against black communities in the US.
“We are a council, a borough and a community that believes in justice", he said.
"The death of Mr Floyd highlights the huge injustices faced by Black communities in the US, and we want to demonstrate our rejection of all such discrimination here in our part of London.
“We will light our iconic town hall purple, so that people can see our abhorrence of racism, in any form, at any time. We stand with the Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey and the people of the city during these difficult days.”
It comes as data collected by Public Health England and other agencies has also shown a disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community.
A review by Public Health England (PHE) found people of Bangladeshi ethnicity had around twice the risk of death as people of white British ethnicity, while people of Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, other Asian, Caribbean and black ethnicity had between a 10 per cent and 50 per cent higher risk of death.
The PHE report said the “relationship between ethnicity and health is complex and likely to be the result of a combination of factors”.
For example, BAME people are likely to be at increased risk of acquiring the infection due to the fact they are more likely to live in urban areas, in overcrowded households, in deprived areas, and have jobs that expose them to higher risk, the study said.
The review was launched last month to analyse how factors such as ethnicity can impact health outcomes from Covid-19.
