The Radical British Musicians Who Fought Racism With Rock
Syd Shelton’s photos capture the rise of the “Rock Against Racism” campaign — with glimpses of bands like the Clash, Matumbi and Sham 69 — that arose in Britain in the 1970s.
Rock Against Racism would be a turning point in British cultural, political and social history. The social movement helped put an end to an alarming ascendance of ultranationalism among white youth and articulated a new generational consciousness that transcended class and race boundaries.