This online workshop is part of our new, exciting range of digital masterclasses that we are offering. In this live online workshop, you will have the opportunity to engage in real time with our brilliant course tutors, as well as other participants – with additional pre and post-course support from our learning team. To celebrate the launch, we are offering a very limited supply of introductory early bird tickets for each event, discounted up to 40% – once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Is police brutality really only an American issue? How - and why - was the Windrush scandal allowed to happen? What are the wider links to Britain’s imperial legacy? What was the cultural impact of the British Black Power movement, and how has it impacted the civil uprising we are seeing today?
In this informative seminar with Professor Kehinde Andrews, you will be taken through a history of race relations and racism in the UK, learning about the foundations of the present-day Black Lives Matter protests, including how they have been built on the civil rights movements that have come before.
You will also be guided through the context of modern-day racism, how unfulfilled promises of the past are fuel for young people’s frustrations today, just how far Britain’s imperial legacy reaches - and why this legacy is still relevant.
This is an unmissable and essential masterclass for anyone looking to expand on their beginner knowledge of racism, as well as those interested in learning more about the roots of modern-day civil rights struggles.
Course content
The British Black Power movement and its international links
The civil rights struggle in the UK, including campaigns to reform the police
Race riots and urban rebellions in the UK
History of racist social police, including the roots of the Windrush scandal and its wider links to Britain’s imperial legacy
A percentage of tickets for this event have been donated to schemes that support greater diversity in the media.
You will be sent a link to the webinar 1hr before the start time of 6.30pm (BST).
Tutor profile
Kehinde Andrews is Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University. His latest book, Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century, explores the untold history of Black radical politics. He has also written Resisting Racism: Race, Inequality and the Black Supplementary School Movement (2013) and is editor of the Blackness in Britain book series. Kehinde has also written opinion pieces for the Guardian, the Independent, the Washington Post and CNN. He is the founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity, and is co-chair of the Black Studies Association.
Details
Date: Tuesday 4 2020
Times: 6.30pm-9pm (BST)
Price: Early bird ticket price of £28 (plus £1.56 booking fee); standard ticket price of £36 (plus £1.87 booking fee)
Event capacity: 75
This masterclass is available globally. If you are joining us from outside the United Kingdom, please use this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.
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