ABSTRACT Drawing on archival material from the Black Cultural Archives, the British Library, and the Institute of Race Relations, this article sheds fresh light on a largely overlooked 1991 visit to Britain by controversial Black American preacher Al Sharpton following the racist murder of Black teenager Rolan Adams. The extraordinary response to Sharpton’s arrival by the British mainstream press revealed racist patterns of news reporting and a chauvinistic rejection of ‘outside agitators’, while the minister’s intervention drew a mixed response from local activists. However, the furore sparked by Sharpton’s visit also helped to raise public awareness of Adams’ murder and galvanise local Black communities, providing an important insight into anti-racist organising and British media coverage of high-profile racist incidents prior to the death of Stephen Lawrence.

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翻滚不列颠尼亚！艾尔·夏普顿、英国媒体和 1991 年罗兰·亚当斯谋杀案

摘要 本文利用来自黑人文化档案馆、大英图书馆和种族关系研究所的档案材料，对 1991 年有争议的美国黑人传教士艾尔·夏普顿 (Al Sharpton) 在黑人少年罗兰被种族主义谋杀后在很大程度上被忽视的英国访问提供了新的启示亚当斯。英国主流媒体对夏普顿到来的非凡反应揭示了新闻报道的种族主义模式和对“外部煽动者”的沙文主义拒绝，而部长的干预引起了当地活动家的不同反应。然而，夏普顿的访问引发的愤怒也有助于提高公众对亚当斯谋杀案的认识，并激励当地的黑人社区，