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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.

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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.

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