Coventry Today REVIEW: Against Prejudice – Ira Aldridge in Coventry 1828 (1 Viewer)

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At the height of the fight against slavery, as white brutality toward other races became increasingly mixed with public outrage, something remarkable happened right here in Coventry: a young American actor called Ira Aldridge was briefly installed as manager of the local theatre. He was black. And as his tenure began, he wrote an open …

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