Episode 8: January 18th to January 24th: New Cross Fire, Roy Francis and the 1919 Glasgow Race Riots

31/01/2021 17 min Temporada 1 Episodio 8

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Topics Covered:
January 18th 1981: New Cross Fire
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/15/how-the-new-cross-fire-became-a-rallying-cry-for-political-action
January 19th 1965: Pearl Prescod plays Tituba at the National Theatre 
https://blackbritishreader.tumblr.com/post/621886762995908608/pearl-prescod-1920-25-june-1966-pearl 
January 20th 1919: Birth of Roy Francis 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/54695638
January 21st 1950: Birth of Billy Ocean 
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/05/billy-ocean-family-values 
January 22nd 1982: Dread Broadcasting Corp features on the Oxford Roadshow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/archive/dread-broadcasting-corporation/z6cn2sg 
January 23rd 1919: The 1919 Glasgow Race Riots
https://www.thenational.scot/news/17376881.glasgow-1919---race-riot-scotland-rather-forget/
January 24th 2016: End of the No Colour Bar Exhibition 
https://www.nocolourbar.org/exhibition 

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Special thanks to Yaw Nimoh for his help with research for this episode.

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