BOOK LAUNCH BLACK OXFORD THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY’S BLACK SCHOLARS By Pamela Roberts Tuesday 29th October 2013 at 7.00pm Norrington Room, Blackwell’s Bookshop 48-51 Broad St, Oxford, OX1 3BQ Oxford University has attracted and produced many of the most original thinkers for almost nine centuries. It boasts heads of states, academics, writers, actors, scientists, philosophers and many other luminaries among its alumni. On any tour of the university and colleges famous ex-students – Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher – to name a few are often mentioned – but what about its Black scholars? Pamela Roberts new book, Black Oxford The Untold Stories of Oxford University’s Black Scholars, delves into the University’s long and illustrious history of attracting many Black scholars from Africa, the Caribbean, America and even Australia, from the matriculation of Christian Fredrick Cole, grandson of a slave in 1873, who became the first African to prac-tice in an English court. He was followed by other outstanding personalities, Alain Locke, the Father of the Harlem Renaissance, the first Black scholar to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1907; Koforworla Moore, the first African woman to achieve a degree from St. Hugh’s in 1935, while Eric Williams, the great historian of the Caribbean was elected the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. Uncovering the stories of prominent and lesser-known historical and contemporary Black students at Oxford, Pamela Roberts reveals a hitherto unknown strand in the university’s history and its relationship with the wider world. “This book skilfully highlights the depth and breadth of connections that Black people have had with the University of Oxford. Long may this continue. By revealing these hidden stories, Pamela Roberts has provided both inspiration for potential students from black communities and a reminder to Oxford and other universities of the value of ethnic diversity in the academy’” Dr Rob Berkeley, Director, Runnymede Trust RSVP [email protected] W: signalbooks.co.uk T: 01865 724 856 W: wblackoxford.co.uk T: 01494 535 684 red5599/artistry/2013/booklaunch.htm
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