Race and Rights: Charleston
June 23, 2015
In response to the murder of nine African Americans by a young white man at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, Professor Peter Ling of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights examines the surrounding history, political context and narrative. In classic English crime fiction, such as Agatha Christie, the recurrent plot …
Behold the head of a traitor!
June 3, 2015
Post by Richard Gaunt, Curator of Rebellion and Social Justice In April, I began a three-year residency with Nottingham City Museums and Galleries as their new ‘Curator of Rebellion and Social Justice’. My title is always a cause of conversation and many of my new colleagues are envious of the impeccably ‘cool’ credentials it bestows. …
Race and Rights: Black Soldiers Part 4
June 2, 2015
To mark the 150th anniversary of the ending of the American Civil War in 1865, James Brookes of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights analyses the visual culture of African American flags—regimental colours that expressed the black experience of war and of life in America itself. In the fourth and final blog of …
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