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Title
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Going Where the Work Is
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Description
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Migrants resisted the hostile environment by challenging the ‘colour bar’. Isaac Gordon’s verse captures the struggles and aspirations of working class migrants, including the challenge of illiteracy within a bureaucratic culture.
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Creator
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Isaac Gordon
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Location
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London: Hackney Reading Centre
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Date
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1979
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Collection
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Coming to England
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Rights
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Permission for reproduction provided courtesy of Neil Martinson.
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Item Number
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23
