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The impact of the 1958 Notting Hill riots tends to figure in histories of the political right, as a galvanizing force for anti-immigrant sentiment—or as radical catalyst in the transnational history of the Black Atlantic.
- Camilla Schofield, Ben Jones
- 2019
After a series of racially motivated attacks on the West Indian residents of West London’s Notting Hill area in August 1958, Trinidadian human rights activist Claudia Jones decided to create a...
- Focus
- Part 2: Source Exploration
- Plenary
- Part 3: Three Suggested Creative Activities
To encourage pupils to use original sources to find out about the significance of the Notting Hill Carnival and why it began. It is important that teachers ensure that pupils understand these terms: The Colour Bar, discrimination, legislation, immigrant, race-relations. The documents used in these lessons cover sensitive subjects and may include la...
Building on this approach, the pupils study threefurther sourceswhich encourage themto think about why the Notting Hill Carnival was started and why it is still such an important event today.They look at the passenger list from Empire Windrush to learn about Sam Beaver King, one of the early founders of the Notting Hill Carnivaland West Indian Gaze...
The plenary asks pupils to think about what they have learned from the sources about the Notting Hill Carnival and why it began. Use the background notes to help providemore context as appropriate. Teachers can alsoask pupils to look at the photographs used in the blog written by Principal Records Specialist on Diverse Histories, Vicky Iglikowski-B...
Design a poster to promote the Notting Hill Carnival today. Include information about its beginnings and why its such an important event for people.Work in pairs/small groups to research and design your own illustrated Fact File about Claudia Jones and her role in establishing the Notting Hill Carnival.Ask the class to create a mini-exhibition looking at the contribution made by migrants from the new Commonwealth countries to Britain (e.g. contributions to the NHS, British transport, art, music,...- Simple Story. The premise of Notting Hill is very basic. It is quite simple and uncomplicated. Anna Scott, a Hollywood star, falls in love with the small book store owner, William Thacker.
- Nostalgia. The world was simpler back in 1999. Internet, social media and all these things that are so vital to relationships today were simply not how things were back then.
- Aged Well. Many viewers find it difficult to consume older shows or movies because of their deeply problematic nature. The world has moved forward by leaps and bounds and it becomes uncomfortable and impossible to sit back and enjoy older things that are representative of the culture of the times.
- It's Wildly Optimistic. The rom-coms of today are quite complicated and messy. They reflect today's world that is also quite complicated and messy. But Notting Hill is from an era that doesn't seem to be touched by these things.
Oct 22, 2018 · With the continued influx of migrants from the West Indies, inter-racial tensions grew, part fuelled by the increased competition for scarce affordable housing, and came to a head with the infamous Notting Hill riots in 1958.
What we now understand as the 1958 Notting Hill riots began on Bramley Road outside the Latimer Road Tube Station on the evening of Friday 29 August when a Swedish woman, Majbritt Morrison, married to a Trinidadian, was attacked by a crowd after she tried to help a West Indian man being attacked.
Apr 15, 2022 · This article uses arrest data and contemporary social research to show that while unemployment and the housing crisis were undoubtedly acute in West London, these issues alone cannot explain the Notting Hill riots. The article maps the incidence of violence and the locations of the rioters’ homes.
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