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Bland, Lucy,

Britain's 'brown babies' : the stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War / Lucy Bland. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2,000 children born to black GIs and white British women in world war 11. 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.

ISBN: 9781526154057 (e-book) 1526154056

Source: 9781526154057 Ingram Content Group

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC057973 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019791137 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Racially mixed children--History--Great Britain--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Aspect social--Grande-Bretagne.
Racially mixed children
Social aspects

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
oral histories (literary works)
Oral histories.
History
Oral histories.
Histoires orales.

LC Class. No.: HQ777.9 / .B53 2019eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.80094109045