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Next Steps for Black British Literary Salons Project

By Kaysyn Jones, Florida State University I am writing what I believe to be the first profile of the Black Ink Collective’s literature and artistic policies, and the way in which the Collective crafted a distinct Black British identity through their work. I hope that this research will shine more light on both the potentialContinue reading “Next Steps for Black British Literary Salons Project”

Archives, Brixton, and Changes: Archival Research and Adjustments in London

By Kaysyn Jones, Florida State University At this point in my project, I have visited each of my primary archives— the Black Cultural Archives, the George Padmore Institute, and the London Archives— and scheduled my first interview with a writer from the British Black Arts Movement. Thus far, one of the biggest problems I’ve encounteredContinue reading “Archives, Brixton, and Changes: Archival Research and Adjustments in London”