New York City’s Harlem was transformed in the early 20th century from a small middle class white neighbourhood into a cultural mecca for Black artists, writers and musicians moving north in the Great Migration to escape Jim Crow laws. The Cotton Club, Louis Armstrong and Paul Robeson brought spirituals and innovation into new forms of… Continue reading Langston Hughes 1901 – 1967
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School of Society and Culture (SSC) – ‘Red, White, and Blue’ and ‘Lovers Rock’
The SSC EDI committee has organised a cinema event that includes the showing of two short Steve McQueen films from his Small Axe Anthology and discussion led by two members of the Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council. This is open to staff and students across the university so it will be great to see… Continue reading School of Society and Culture (SSC) – ‘Red, White, and Blue’ and ‘Lovers Rock’