Anti-racism in Britain : traditions, histories and trajectories, c. 1880-present / edited by Saffron East, Grace Redhead and Theo Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

East, Saffron, editor.

Redhead, Grace, editor.

Williams, Theo, editor.

Series:

Racism, Resistance and Social Change Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-racism--Great Britain.

Anti-racism.

Great Britain--Race relations.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Race relations--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 262 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front matter

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Series editors' foreword

List of abbreviations

Introduction: Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and trajectories

Part I: Domestic, imperial and global anti-racist alliances and encounters

Countering racial discrimination in Britain, 1880s-1913

From racist humanitarianism to colonial human rights: The British Congo Reform Movement and the complicated history of (anti-)racism

George Orwell, pan-Africanism and reconciling anti-imperialism with 'Britishness' British anti-racism in Australia: Exploring the nexus through the anti-racist activism of Jessie Street, 1950-60

Part II: Anti-racism and the making of postimperial Britain

Celebrating African culture in the north-east of England, 1930s-40s

British Jews and the Race Relations Acts

South Asian political Blackness in Britain: Lessons and limitations of anti-racist solidarity

'Unfinished activisms': From Black self-help to mutual aid organising today

Part III: Anti-racism, memory and identity

Memory, multiculturalism and anti-racism in east London, 1990-2006

Tartan inclusivity or workers' internationalism? The St Andrew's Day Anti-Racism March and Rally in Scotland

'Martin Luther King fought for a colour-blind society': African American civil rights in UK political discourse

Afterword

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781526171122 (electronic book)

9781526171108

1526171104

9781526171122

1526171120

OCLC:

1472989448