Wartime Britain’s mixed-race babies

<p>During the Second World&nbsp;War, an estimated 2,000 babies were fathered by African-American GIs stationed in Britain. Lucy Bland reveals how these mixed-race children faced discrimination in the streets and ambivalence from the government, and&nbsp;why so&nbsp;many were given up by their mothers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;(Ad) Lucy Bland is the author of&nbsp;<em>Britain's ‘Brown Babies’: The Stories of Children Born to Black GIs and White Women in the Second World War&nbsp;</em>(Manchester University Press, 2019). Buy it now from Amazon:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britains-%60Brown-Babies-Stories-Children/dp/1526133261/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britains-%60Brown-Babies-Stories-Children/dp/1526133261/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>