Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in BritainHistorical 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 195
On demobilization most of the colonial ex - servicemen who had not remained in the United Kingdom nevertheless returned in search of employment . Second , in 1952 the United States federal government passed the racially conceived ...
On demobilization most of the colonial ex - servicemen who had not remained in the United Kingdom nevertheless returned in search of employment . Second , in 1952 the United States federal government passed the racially conceived ...
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difficulty in getting London employment as department store assistants and in white - collar jobs . Much the same can be said of blacks in other British towns . In one of the Fine employment agency windows in Praed Street ...
difficulty in getting London employment as department store assistants and in white - collar jobs . Much the same can be said of blacks in other British towns . In one of the Fine employment agency windows in Praed Street ...
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... black population , 155 , 159 ; black seamen in , 155 , 156 , 161 , 162 , 165 , 166 , 167 ; employment of blacks in , 164 , 166 ; conditions during depression , 159 ; race riots in , 156-58 , 165 ; unemployment in , 155 , 156 Cardiff ...
... black population , 155 , 159 ; black seamen in , 155 , 156 , 161 , 162 , 165 , 166 , 167 ; employment of blacks in , 164 , 166 ; conditions during depression , 159 ; race riots in , 156-58 , 165 ; unemployment in , 155 , 156 Cardiff ...
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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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