02985oam 22007574a 450 991081761920332120230126212252.01-5261-3327-X1-5261-5405-610.7765/9781526154057(CKB)4100000011287938(MiAaPQ)EBC6224979(OCoLC)1158208916(MdBmJHUP)muse87271(DE-B1597)679188(DE-B1597)9781526154057(EXLCZ)99410000001128793820200615h20192019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBritain’s ‘brown babies’The stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War /Lucy BlandManchester :Manchester University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (xi, 271 pages) illustrations1-5261-3326-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.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 -- IndexThis 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.Social historyfast(OCoLC)fst01122498Racially mixed childrenfast(OCoLC)fst01086590Oral historyfast(OCoLC)fst01047055Social history20th centuryOral historyRacially mixed childrenWorld War, 1939-1945Black peopleOral histories.Oral histories.Americans.Black GIs.Britain.Mixed-race.Racism.Second World War.White women.World war II.illegitimacy.interracial relationships.‘brown babies’.Social history.Racially mixed children.Oral history.Social historyOral history.Racially mixed children.World War, 1939-1945Black people.306.846Bland Lucy1714563MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910817619203321Britain’s ‘brown babies’4108506UNINA