MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Make it black history year
As we celebrate black history month, JENNY WOODLEY recommends an engaging survey of centuries of both injustice and resilience
(L) Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party and chair of the Illinois chapter, and (R) Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and left-wing political activist, at a protest rally outside the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago, October 1969
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New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
Black History for Every Day
David, Yinka and Kemi Olusoga, Macmillan, £25
FOR decades, black history in the UK has been siloed from the mainstream, as if incidental to the nation’s history. Black History Month in October is dedicated to celebrating black heritage, but the rest of the year, it feels largely neglected and ignored. Public historian and broadcaster David Olusoga is at the forefront of efforts to integrate black history into our national story.
His latest book, Black History for Every Day of the Year, co-created with two of his siblings, Yinka and Kemi, is another contribution to that work. This attractive and substantial book has an entry for each calendar day detailing an event, person, place, or theme associated with black history.
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