Racist Tones - Words & Voices

A unique film featuring the writers of 'Racist Tones' recite their written work at the Resonate Festival - Words & Voices: The Life Stories & Languages that Make Us Who We Are in Coventry, a public event by the University of Warwick.

Racist Tones is an extraordinary book that recollects and bears witness to hateful frequencies of white violence in Coventry during the seventies and eighties. It documents the experience of the people who bore the social and emotional costs that led to the exhilarating fugitive Two-Tone sounds of The Specials and the unruly defiant power of Rock Against Racism.

“A book that should be read urgently and celebrated at full volume.” - Prof. Les Back, Goldsmiths, University of London, Author of The Art of Listening (2007)

The Herbert Art Gallery 2 Tone: Lives & Legacies exhibition link

Book review: Racist Tones | Reflections on 2 Tone, racism and medicine link