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Celebrating 50 years of the IRR

By IRR News Team

27 February 2008, 3:00pm

This year, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be 50 years old. It is the longest established race body in the UK.

Over its fifty years, the IRR has pioneered research into racial violence, policing of Black communities, school exclusions, deaths in custody, xeno-racism and, through Race & Class, set new parameters for understanding globalisation, fundamentalism, Islamophobia and the attack on multiculturalism.

The IRR, in its long history has:

in 1958 published the first report on the Notting Hill 'riots';
in the '60s carried out the first national survey of British race relations;
in the '70s been the first to identify 'institutional racism';
in the '90s created anti-racist materials for young people, including HomeBeats CD Rom.

Planning for the next 50 years

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Celebrating 50 years of the IRR

By IRR News Team

27 February 2008, 3:00pm

This year, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be 50 years old. It is the longest established race body in the UK.

Planning for the next 50 years

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