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woventogetherdundee
Sep 114 min read
Black (and Blackface) Performances on the Dundee Stage 1840-1940
CONTENT WARNING – This article features historical references that use derogatory racial terms which would now be considered offence. ...
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woventogetherdundee
Aug 2110 min read
Krishna Menon and the Labour Party in Dundee
The selection of Indian nationalist Krishna Menon as a Dundee Parliamentary Candidate for the Labour Party in 1939 and his rapid...
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woventogetherdundee
Dec 23, 20238 min read
Jack Johnson and Masonic Controversy in Dundee
On the morning of Friday 13 October 1911, the celebrated American boxer John Arthur Johnson, known as Jack, was initiated as an Entered...
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woventogetherdundee
Nov 24, 20224 min read
Caribbean Jazz in Dundee
In the 1930s and 40s Dundee was temporarily home to three major names in Caribbean Jazz. The story starts in 1938, when the Palace...
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woventogetherdundee
Dec 8, 20214 min read
Paul Robeson in Dundee
In the 1930s, the singer and activist Paul Robeson was probably the most famous person of colour in the western world. Born in New...
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