Britain's 'brown babies' : the stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War /

Britain's 'brown babies' : the stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War /

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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.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Bland, Lucy (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Racially mixed children > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Racially mixed children
Social aspects
Great Britain
History
oral histories (literary works)
Oral histories.
Oral histories
Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1 British women meet black GIs
  • 2 Keeping the 'brown babies'
  • 3 'Brown babies' relinquished
  • 4 Adoption, fostering and attempts to send the babies to the US
  • 5 Secrets and lies
  • 6 After the war and beyond
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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