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Week four - Youth Culture and Popular Music in Twentieth
Century Britain. Week 4 Race, Racism
Youth Culture and Popular Music in Twentieth Century Britain (University of
Wolverhampton)




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Race, Racism, and Youth Culture in the 1950s: Migrant Experiences and British National Identity


Britain as a host nation
 Nineteenth century African presence in London, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool
 History of slavery
 Capitalism and imperialism
Immigrant groups
 The Irish
 The Jews
 Asian population
 West Indian/African population
Geographical settlements
 Jewish population
 West Indian/African
 Irish, Polish and East European community less concentrated but
significant presence in major cities
 Asian population
Political and popular response
 1905 Aliens Act
 First World War (1914-18
 1919 Race Riots
 Disturbances can be linked to unemployment and moral panic
Towards a multi-racial society
 Between the wars (1918-1939
 Black organisations
 WW2 (1939-1945)
The impact of Windrush (1948)
 Symbolic event regarding Caribbean migration
 Entrants given unskilled jobs and poor housing
 Small number of Conservative MPs start to voice concerns about impact of
immigration
Popular responses to West Indian population in the 1950s
 Wolverhampton Bus dispute over employment of West Indian staff in 1955
 West Bromwich
 Some dance halls and pubs operate colour bar




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