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Anti-racism in Britain
Traditions, histories and trajectories, c. 1880-present
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Edited by:
Saffron East
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English
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2024
About this book
Concepts of ‘race’ and racism are central to British history. They have shaped, and been shaped by, British identities, economies and societies for centuries, from colonialism and enslavement to the ‘hostile environment’ of the 2010s. Yet state and societal racism has always been met with resistance. This edited volume collects the latest research on anti-racist action in Britain, and makes the case for a multifaceted, historically contingent ‘tradition’ of British anti-racism shaped by local, national and transnational contexts, networks and movements. Ranging from Pan-Africanist activism in the 1890s to mutual aid women’s groups in the 1970s, from anti-racist trade union marches in Scotland to West African student groups in North East England – this book explores the continuities and interruptions in British anti-racism from the nineteenth century to the present day.
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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
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
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'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
- 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
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Series editors’ foreword
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List of abbreviations
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Introduction – Anti- racism in Britain
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I Domestic, imperial and global anti-racist alliances and encounters
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1 Countering racial discrimination in Britain, 1880s–1913
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2 From racist humanitarianism to colonial human rights
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3 George Orwell, pan-Africanism and reconciling antiimperialism with ‘Britishness’
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4 British anti-racism in Australia
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II Anti- racism and the making of post imperial Britain
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5 Celebrating African culture in the north- east of England, 1930s–40s
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6 British Jews and the Race Relations Acts
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7 South Asian political Blackness in Britain
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8 ‘Unfinished activisms’
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III Anti-racism, memory and identity
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9 Memory, multiculturalism and anti- racism in east London, 1990–2006
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10 Tartan inclusivity or workers’ internationalism? The St Andrew’s Day Anti-Racism March and Rally in Scotland
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11 ‘Martin Luther King fought for a colour-blind society’
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Afterword
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Index
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December 18, 2024
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Keywords for this book
colorblindness; George Orwell; Jessie Street; multiculturalism; mutual aid; North East England; pan-Africanism; political Blackness; Race Relations Acts; Trades Union Congress
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
