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DescriptionTHE HUNTLEY ARCHIVE TALK 7.30pm, St Mary's Road, Weston Hall Lanre Bakare ‘We Were There: How Black Culture, Resistance and Community Shaped Modern Britain’. ‘A Vital corrective that enhances our understanding of Black British history’- Steve McQueen From the late 1970’s to the early 1990’s Britain was in tumult. Rocked by Margaret Thatcher’s radical economic policy, the rise of the National Front, widespread civil unrest and anti immigration policies, it was also a time of Black cultural creation. In his much heralded first book Guardian journalist Lanre Bakare brings into the spotlight extraordinary and often overlooked Black lives in cities across the UK including feminists and Rastafarians , academics and pan-Africanists, environmental campaigners and rugby-league superstars. From the docks of Liverpool and Cardiff to the mills of Bradford and the dancefloors that hosted Northern soul all-nighters, this is a profoundly important portrait of modern Britain.
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Additional ItemsContactIf you have any queries please contact [email protected] More InformationLanre will be in conversation with Guyanese-born British journalist and broadcaster Juliet Alexander who is a Trustee of the Huntley Archive which celebrates the pioneering work of Eric and Jessica Huntley who founded one of Britain's first Black bookshops and later publishing houses in West Ealing 50 years ago. Lanre Bakare was born and grew up in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He is a correspondent for the Guardian where his writing focuses on the intersection of art, race and culture. He has lived and worked in New York and Los Angeles as part of the Pulitzer Prize winning Guardian US team, and in 2020 he co-wrote a book with Ovie Soko, titled You Are Dope. He is a regular contributor to radio and TV shows, including BBC Front Row, and he has also taught workshops as part of the Critics of Colour collective and hosted panels for Guardian Live and Soho House. We Were There is his first book. Juliet Alexander is a Guyanese-born British educator, journalist and television presenter, who for more than four decades has worked in print and broadcast media, as well as in a range of educational and community organisations. She is notable as a pioneering broadcaster who presented the UK's first Black news and current affairs magazine television programme, Ebony, launched in 1982 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR TICKETSPlease ensure you have selected the correct, event and ticket type when booking your tickets. Please also ensure you have selected the correct date, time and number of tickets required.
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