Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in BritainJohnson Publishing Company, 1972 - 316 pages Historical study of the African and West Indian Black in the UK from 1594 to 1971 - covers forced labour as domestic workers, legal status, racial discrimination, race relations, racial conflict, racial policy, White attitudes, negro associations, immigration, social integration, employment (incl. As performers, writers, physicians, nurses, etc.), etc. Illustrations and references. |
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Page 210
... Nottingham in late August of 1958 , the British public saw it as something of national importance . Ugly and primitive emotions , long suppressed , came out into the open and black people , many of whom remembered the race riots of 1919 ...
... Nottingham in late August of 1958 , the British public saw it as something of national importance . Ugly and primitive emotions , long suppressed , came out into the open and black people , many of whom remembered the race riots of 1919 ...
Page 213
... Nottingham the trouble had been in the middle of a district heavily populated with black people , but in London the main explosions occurred along the borders of relatively concentrated black settlements and even further afield . By far ...
... Nottingham the trouble had been in the middle of a district heavily populated with black people , but in London the main explosions occurred along the borders of relatively concentrated black settlements and even further afield . By far ...
Page 240
... ( Nottingham Cen- tral ) , the other Labour ( Nottingham North ) , called for a partial closing of the " open door " policy which Britain had always operated for migrants from the British Colonies and Commonwealth . They were sternly ...
... ( Nottingham Cen- tral ) , the other Labour ( Nottingham North ) , called for a partial closing of the " open door " policy which Britain had always operated for migrants from the British Colonies and Commonwealth . They were sternly ...
Contents
Part | 3 |
Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in Britain |
| Author | Edward Scobie |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Johnson Publishing Company, 1972 |
| ISBN | 0874850568, 9780874850567 |
| Length | 316 pages |
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