At the 50th anniversaries of the UK Race Relations Act and the US Civil Rights Movement, join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) and its partners for a day of panel debates. Plus hip hop performance and dialogues featuring Akala and activist-scholars Dr Monica Miller and Dr James Peterson from 6.30pm to 9pm.
Admission free, all welcome. This event is now sold out, however you can add yourself to the waiting list or follow the live stream.
For more information, read our blog post from Timo Schrader and Rosemary Pearce, C3R, about the #BlackLivesMatter movement. You can also visit the C3R website for a full programme. In partnership with C3R, the Department of American and Canadian Studies, British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The Monitoring Group, Bright Ideas and Nottingham Contemporary.
Part of Black History Month 2015 and October Dialogues 2015. You can keep up to date on events news, comment and profiles on our Black History Month blog, which we will update throughout October. You can also take a look at our gallery of events.