Repairing Histories 1: Claudia Jones And Marcus Garvey

Saturday June 11 2022, 2-6pm

Highlighting Claudia Jones and Marcus Garvey in the context of British and Global African history; and to improve or expand our knowledge.

PROGRAMME:
Repairing Histories 1: Claudia Jones And Marcus Garvey In The Context British & Global African History

A free Zoom online conference that will cover Global African and British African history, framed around the British and international histories of Marcus Garvey and Claudia Jones. Presented by academic and community historians, with a plenary for audience engagement.

The aim of the conference is to have papers that improve or expand the knowledge of the subject, mainly by highlighting the little known aspects of that history, or challenging the received wisdom.

Conference Papers:
Claudia Jones And Marcus Garvey In The Context British & Global African History
Claudia Jones: Communist In The US & UK
Marcus Garvey In The UK
Marcus Garvey’s Outernational Work Across Africa
Why Claudia Jones Is One Of The Greatest British Activists, Ever

For enquiries: Awula Serwah via btwsc@hotmail.com.

Produced by BTWSC/African Histories Revisited in association with BBM/BMC (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress) and TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)

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