Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Commemorating Anti-Racism: The origins of the CLR James Library in Hackney

The origins of the C.L.R. James Library in Dalston, Hackney (Image courtesy of London Borough of Hackney)


Public History Discussion Group meeting
Commemorating Anti-Racism: The origins of the CLR James Library in Hackney
Saturday 13 February - 11am, Room 612,   UCL Institute of Archaeology
In March 1985, Hackney Council renamed its Dalston Library after the black Trinidadian intellectual C.L.R. James as part of its Anti-Racist Year. This talk will explore the history of campaigning and struggle behind this decision and why this symbolic victory deserves to be remembered thirty years on.

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