Anti-racism in Britain

This volume explores the shifting nature of anti-racism in Britain through 11 illuminating case studies. Together, they highlight the tensions between solidarity and paternalism, demonstrate the interplay between local, national and transnational forces, and illustrate the legacies and trajectories of these histories in the present.

Saffron East is Adrian Research Fellow at Darwin College, University of Cambridge
Grace Redhead is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter
Theo Williams is a Lecturer in Social History at the University of Glasgow

'This brilliant collection captures the voice of a new generation of scholars committed to decolonising modern British history. It offers a powerful corrective to one-dimension understandings of racism and its resistance, past and present. We see the rich diversity of efforts to resist white supremacy in Britain since the 1880s; the ideological limits and the liberal paternalism of some forms of anti-racist politics; and the points of fracture, the lost solidarities, that remain with us to this day.'
- Camilla Schofield, Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King's College London

'This is a remarkably rich collection, which centres the activities of Britain’s racialized citizens and colonial subjects in building enduring and powerful anti-racist movements. The breadth of historical study and the seriousness with which the authors work to bring these anti-racist movements to life are second to none. Anti-racism in Britain will surely become a landmark collection for the field.'
- Rob Waters, Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Queen Mary University of London


'This is an important and timely collection. It profoundly deepens our understanding of histories of anti-racist action and thought in Britain.'
- Dr Saima Nasar, Senior Lecturer in the History of Africa and its Diasporas, University of Bristol