Staying Power - The History of Black People in Britain Fryer PeterPaperback
"A fascinating account of the growth of the black community in Britain over the past centuries."--Guardian "For this retrieval of the lost histories of black Britain, Mr. Fryer has my deep gratitude.…
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"A fascinating account of the growth of the black community in Britain over the past centuries."--Guardian "For this retrieval of the lost histories of black Britain, Mr. Fryer has my deep gratitude. An invaluable book."--Salman RushdieStaying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. First published in 1984 amid race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a deeply political act, revealing how Africans, Asians, and their descendants had been erased from British history.Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from the pioneering nurse and war hero Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of black presence in Britain. By rewriting black Britons into British history, showing where they influenced