Britain's 'Brown Babies': The Stories of Children Born to Black GIS and White Women in the Second World War

By Lucy Bland

Book Overview

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2,000 children born to black GIs and white British women in World War II. Stories from over 50 of these children, alongside many photographs, reveal the racism and stigma of growing up in what was then a very white country.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526133261
• ISBN13: 9781526133267
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.6"