Mother Country: Britain's Black Community on the Home Front 1939-45 anti racist Within these pages

Within these pages

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No one can afford to ignore the moral clarity of its insights

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Elombe Brath

Mother Country: Britain's Black Community on the Home Front 1939-45 anti racist Within these pagesVery little attention has been given to Black British, West African and Caribbean citizens who lived and worked on the 'front line' during the Second World War. Yet Black people were under fire in cities like Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, London and Manchester, and many volunteered as civilian defence workers, such as air raid wardens, fire fighters, stretcher bearers, first aid workers and mobile canteen personnel. Many helped unite people when their