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.
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.
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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 Britains 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 -- .
Introduction: Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and
trajectories Saffron East, Grace Redhead and Theo Williams
Part I: Domestic, imperial and global anti-racist alliances and encounters
1 Countering racial discrimination in Britain, 1880s-1913 David Killingray
2 From racist humanitarianism to colonial human rights: The British Congo
Reform Movement and the complicated history of (anti-)racism Felix Lösing
3 George Orwell, Pan-Africanism, and reconciling anti-imperialism with
Britishness Theo Williams
4 British anti-racism in Australia: Exploring the nexus through the
anti-racist activism of Jessie Street, 195060 Alison Holland
Part II: Anti-racism and the making of post-imperial Britain
5 Celebrating African culture in the North East of England, 1930s40s
Vanessa Mongey
6 British Jews and the Race Relations Acts Joseph Finlay
7 South Asian political Blackness in Britain: Lessons and limitations of
anti-racist solidarity Saffron East
8 Unfinished activisms: From Black self-help to mutual aid organising today
Sophia Siddiqui
Part III: Anti-racism, memory and identity
9 Memory, multiculturalism and anti-racism in East London, 1990-2006 Finn
Gleeson
10 Tartan inclusivity or workers internationalism? The St Andrews Day
Anti-Racism March and Rally in Scotland Talat Ahmed
11 Martin Luther King fought for a colour-blind society: African American
civil rights in UK political discourse Megan Hunt
Afterword Priyamvada Gopal
Index -- .
Saffron East is Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Humanities at King's College London 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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