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How grim was Britain in 1979?

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The black British boxing champion Errol Christie describes racism in Britain in 1979 and how he used his fists to combat it on the streets

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Pauline Black and The Selecter

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Pauline Black and The Selecter

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Neville Staple at a book signing in 2009 for Original Rude Boy

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Neville Staple at book signing in 2009 for Original Rude Boy

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Neville Staple biography reviewed in the Huffington Post

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Original Rude Boy is the biography of Neville Staple front man in The Specials and the book was co-authored with Tony McMahon

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