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 144
... Union , the Gold Coast Students ' Union , and the Association of Students of African Descent . Solanke founded a fourth , the Nigerian Progress Union , in 1924 , but that did not satisfy him . What he wanted was a union which would be ...
... Union , the Gold Coast Students ' Union , and the Association of Students of African Descent . Solanke founded a fourth , the Nigerian Progress Union , in 1924 , but that did not satisfy him . What he wanted was a union which would be ...
Page 167
... unions , especially the National Union of Seamen : " The most powerful of British Trade Unions is opposed to the employment of coloured seamen . " This discrimination was by no means restricted to Cardiff . Black sea- men in Manchester ...
... unions , especially the National Union of Seamen : " The most powerful of British Trade Unions is opposed to the employment of coloured seamen . " This discrimination was by no means restricted to Cardiff . Black sea- men in Manchester ...
Page 266
... Union on Sep- tember 21 , 1961 , reaffirming that " discrimination on the grounds of colour and race is contrary to Trade Union principles " sounded just as meaning- less to black workers in Britain in 1969 as it had eight years earlier ...
... Union on Sep- tember 21 , 1961 , reaffirming that " discrimination on the grounds of colour and race is contrary to Trade Union principles " sounded just as meaning- less to black workers in Britain in 1969 as it had eight years earlier ...
Contents
Part | 3 |
Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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