‘The Drama of the Criminal Court’, 1873. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Keynote Speakers: Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five, and Professor Anindita Ghosh, author of Claiming the City: Protest, Crime and Scandals in Colonia Calcutta. The British Crime Historians Symposium meets every 2-3 years to discuss and debate original historical research…
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Bass Culture: Reclaiming Black Britain
In the month of October we will be marking Black History Month by sharing a series of short essays written by four recent graduates of the History Department at the University of Manchester. These students were part of Kerry Pimblott’s third year seminar on the Black Freedom Movement and were tasked with putting their new…
The Campaign Against Racial Discrimination, Britain’s answer to the NAACP
In the month of October we will be marking Black History Month by sharing a series of short essays written by four recent graduates of the History Department at the University of Manchester. These students were part of Kerry Pimblott’s third year seminar on the Black Freedom Movement and were tasked with putting their new…
“What we seek is the truth”: the Role of Public Mourning and Alternative Media Forms in Protests against Racial Violence in Hackney
In the month of October we will be marking Black History Month by sharing a series of short essays written by four recent graduates of the History Department at the University of Manchester. These students were part of Kerry Pimblott’s third year seminar on the Black Freedom Movement and were tasked with putting their new…
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