The Motherland Calls: Britain’s Black Servicemen and Women 1930-45

Saturday 24th October 2015

Join historian Stephen Bourne as he presents an illustrated talk about the participation of Britain’s black community on the home front and in the armed services during the Second World War.

The talk is based on Bourne’s books Mother Country and The Motherland Calls.

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