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A team of researchers have been commissioned by the Liverpool City Region Race Equality Hub to conduct an in-depth study of race, racism and anti-racism in Liverpool City Region from 1919 to 2026.
The research team includes Dr Leon Moosavi (University of Liverpool), Dr Leona Vaughn (University of Liverpool), Dr Dominique Walker (Liverpool John Moores University) and Dr Khalil West (Independent Scholar). Their project, “The 1919 Project”, will deliver a meta-analysis of over a century of research to better understand the long-term impact of racism on Liverpool’s communities and the broader Liverpool City Region. The study will also examine the anti-racist strategies and forms of resistance developed by local communities and activists over the decades.
The project is named in recognition of the year 1919, when Charles Wooten, a Black sailor from Bermuda, was murdered in Liverpool. This is considered one of the earliest documented racist hate crimes in the United Kingdom and serves as a historical starting point for the study of racism and resistance across different periods.
Findings from the project will directly support the Liverpool City Region Race Equality Hub as it develops a city-wide anti-racist strategy. This strategy is intended to advance racial justice across a wide range of sectors and organisations in the Liverpool City Region.
The research team also plans to produce academic publications and deliver presentations based on the outcomes of the study.
Alison Navarro, Programme Director of the Liverpool City Race Equality Hub, said: "This research will provide a unique insight into the experiences of race and racism in Liverpool and the Liverpool City Region more broadly and will help us to understand the nature and context of racism and what has worked to promote race equality and what more we need to do."
The Liverpool City Race Equality Hub works with public, private and third-sector employers to tackle discriminatory barriers in recruitment and career progression for underrepresented groups and to create positive action pathways into the workplace in the Liverpool City Region.
