Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies

History Comics: The Stonewall Riots

Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

Black Icons - An Illustrated Children's Book: Celebrating 20 Leaders & Unsung Heroes of Black History

Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles

Let It Shine : Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

This beautiful hardback gift book is a stunning visual journey though Black British history for younger readers by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and illustrated by Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor.

The essential starting place for anyone who wants to learn about Black British History. David Olusoga’s thought provoking text charts the forgotten histories of Black people in Britain from Roman times right through to the present day. From Roman Africans guarding Hadrian’s Wall, to an African trumpeter in the court of Henry the Eighth, Black Georgians fighting for the abolition of slavery, Black soldiers fighting for Britain in the First World War, Windrush and right up today. These are the stories that brought us all together in this country.

When did Africans first come to Britain?

Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings?

Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution?

These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history.

This children's edition of Black and A Forgotten History is beautifully illustrated in full-color with maps, portrait galleries, timelines, photos and portraits.

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