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Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade

My hon. Friend makes a very powerful case about the change needed in respect of teaching black history, but does she agree that the great popular movements of the 20th century that addressed the question of racism—and I am thinking of the movements against apartheid and colonialism, and in support of civil rights—should also be included? Paul Robeson was the international humanitarian figure who embraced all those movements, and I know that my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister is a great supporter of the need to recognise that great man’s life. If my hon. Friend agrees with me, will she join me in hearing Paul Robeson’s son—the grandson of a slave—speak at Birkbeck college in October?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
458 c720 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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