The heart of the race : Black women's lives in Britain /
Bryan, Beverley, 1949-
The heart of the race : Black women's lives in Britain / Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe ; foreword by Lola Okolosie. - London : Verso, 2018. - xiii, 285 pages ; 21 cm
First published: London : Virago, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain's history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women's place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British slate throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism. This new edition includes a foreword by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication and it continuing relevance today--back cover.
9781786635860
2018303985
Women, Black--History.--Great Britain
Women, Black--Social conditions.--Great Britain
Women, Black--Social life and customs.--Great Britain
Blacks--Great Britain.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
Blacks.
Women, Black.
Women, Black--Social conditions.
Women, Black--Social life and customs.
Great Britain.
History.
DA125.N4 / B78 2018
305.48/896041
The heart of the race : Black women's lives in Britain / Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe ; foreword by Lola Okolosie. - London : Verso, 2018. - xiii, 285 pages ; 21 cm
First published: London : Virago, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain's history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women's place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British slate throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism. This new edition includes a foreword by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication and it continuing relevance today--back cover.
9781786635860
2018303985
Women, Black--History.--Great Britain
Women, Black--Social conditions.--Great Britain
Women, Black--Social life and customs.--Great Britain
Blacks--Great Britain.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
Blacks.
Women, Black.
Women, Black--Social conditions.
Women, Black--Social life and customs.
Great Britain.
History.
DA125.N4 / B78 2018
305.48/896041