Anti-racism in Britain

Traditions, histories and trajectories, c. 1880-present

By: Saffron East (Editor), Grace Redhead (Editor), Theo Williams (Editor)

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Hardcover | 12 November 2024

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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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'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

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