Black and British: David Olusoga in conversation with Hannah Barker at Manchester Art Gallery

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Black and British: David Olusoga in conversation with Hannah Barker

Manchester Art Gallery, City Centre
17 August 2019

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Black and British: David Olusoga in conversation with Hannah Barker – Manchester Histories – Manchester Art Gallery – Peterloo 2019
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Historian, broadcaster and filmmaker David Olusoga OBE’s recent book and TV series Black and British: A Forgotten History is a wide-ranging and important project that explores Black British history from Roman times to the present day within the context of national and global history. It provides a brilliant focus for the themes of protest and freedom that will be discussed at this in-conversation event presented by Manchester Histories at Manchester Art Gallery as part of Peterloo 2019.

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