{"id":50105,"date":"2016-11-21T23:53:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T23:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=50105"},"modified":"2016-11-22T01:10:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T01:10:46","slug":"2-tone-legend-pauline-black-to-get-honorary-degree-from-coventry-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=50105","title":{"rendered":"2 Tone legend Pauline Black to get honorary degree from Coventry University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/news\/2-tone-legend-pauline-black-12205967\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>2 Tone legend Pauline Black to get honorary degree from Coventry University<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\" target=\"_blank\">The Coventry Telegraph<\/a><br \/>\n2016-11-21<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CateLill\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Catherine Lillington<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/news\/2-tone-legend-pauline-black-12205967\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.coventrytelegraph.net\/incoming\/article7370366.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s810\/PM928093.jpg\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulineblack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><small>Pauline Black<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s really important women don&#8217;t reach the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menopause\" target=\"_blank\">menopause<\/a> and go away and knit&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ska\" target=\"_blank\">Ska<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2_Tone_(music_genre)\" target=\"_blank\">2 Tone<\/a> legend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulineblack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pauline Black<\/a> is being honoured by Coventry University for her support of the city\u2019s music scene.<\/p>\n<p>The lead singer of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Selecter\" target=\"_blank\">The Selecter<\/a> will get an honorary degree following a career that has seen her create platinum-selling albums and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=15632\" target=\"_blank\">award-winning autobiography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She will be among 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students receiving their degrees, 45 years after she moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coventry\" target=\"_blank\">Coventry<\/a> to study at Lanchester Polytechnic&#8230;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"402\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/news\/2-tone-legend-pauline-black-12205967\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.coventrytelegraph.net\/incoming\/article6550054.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/tictoc.jpg\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Pauline Black performing at The Tic Toc Club in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coventry\" target=\"_blank\">Coventry<\/a> in July 1981<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/news\/2-tone-legend-pauline-black-12205967\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Tone legend Pauline Black to get honorary degree from Coventry University The Coventry Telegraph 2016-11-21 Catherine Lillington Pauline Black &#8220;It&#8217;s really important women don&#8217;t reach the menopause and go away and knit&#8221; Ska and 2 Tone legend Pauline Black is being honoured by Coventry University for her support of the city\u2019s music scene. 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