{"id":62614,"date":"2021-12-16T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=62614"},"modified":"2021-12-16T17:57:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:57:47","slug":"62614","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=62614","title":{"rendered":"Thinking in Colour: A BBC Radio Collection of Documentaries on Race, Society and Black History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thinking in Colour: A BBC Radio Collection of Documentaries on Race, Society and Black History<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

BBC Digital Audio
\n2021-02-12
\n00:57:00
\nISBN: 9781529143560<\/p>\n

Gary Younge<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of Sociology
\nUniversity of Manchester<\/em><\/p>\n

Gary Younge Gary Younge (Read by) Robin Miles (Read by) Amaka Okafor (Read by) Full Cast (Read by) Ricky Fearon (Read by)<\/p>\n

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Gary Younge explores race, society and Black history in these five fascinating documentaries<\/em><\/p>\n

Author, broadcaster and sociology professor Gary Younge has won several awards for his books and journalism covering topics such as the civil rights movement<\/a>, inequality and immigration. In this documentary collection, the former Guardian US<\/em> correspondent turns his attention to current American political and social issues, including populist conservatism, and African-American identity.<\/p>\n

In Thinking in Colour<\/em><\/a>, he examines racial ‘passing’<\/a>: light-skinned African-Americans who decided to live their lives as white people. Looking at the topic through the prism of Nella Larsen’s<\/a> 1929 novella Passing<\/em><\/a>, Gary hears three astonishing personal stories, and probes the distinction between race and colour.<\/p>\n

Recorded shortly after the historic 2008 election<\/a>, The Documentary: Opposing Obama<\/em> follows Gary as he travels through Arkansas<\/a> and Kentucky<\/a>, talking to people who see Barack Obama’s<\/a> presidency as nothing but bad news, and hearing their hopes and fears for the future.<\/p>\n

In The Wales Window of Alabama<\/em>, Gary recounts how the people of Wales<\/a> helped rebuild an Alabama<\/a> church, where bombers killed four girls in 1963<\/a>. Hearing of the atrocity, sculptor John Petts<\/a> rallied his local community to raise money, and subsequently created a new stained glass window<\/a> that has become a focus for worship and a symbol of hope.<\/p>\n

In Ebony: Black on White on Black<\/em>, we hear the history of Ebony<\/a>, the magazine that has charted and redefined African-American life since its launch in 1945. But what is its place in the world today, and does it still speak to contemporary African-Americans?<\/p>\n

And in Analysis: Tea Party Politics<\/em>, Gary assesses the Tea Party movement<\/a>, a US<\/a> right-wing protest group that objects to big government and high taxes. He finds out what sparked this grass-roots insurgency, who its supporters are, and analyses its impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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