- Publisher: History Press
- Year: 2024
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 288pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 239x164mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.6kg
- ISBN: 9781803993522
- Product code: 546160
Black Yanks
Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain
Kate Werran New Hardback Illustrated
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As Britain prepared for D-Day Leroy Henry, an African American soldier, was placed on death row at Shepton Mallet Prison, having been falsely accused of rape. In exploring his story, and the extensive campaign to see him released, Kate Werran sheds light on the tensions between America and Britain and how Henry’s case had implications for the beginning of the civil rights movement.
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Black Yanks is the story of how an African American soldier from Missouri ended up on death row in D-Day Britain - and the extraordinary campaign that set him free. The drama plays out over a tumultuous six weeks, set against a backdrop of the most audacious sea-borne invasion ever attempted.
As the build-up to D-Day escalates, Leroy Henry's story unfolds, allowing us to view a pivotal point in history with an entirely new perspective: making race, the 'special relationship' and the British peoples' collective powerful key considerations.
This fascinating, alternative timeline reveals an edgier wartime society, hidden tensions in Anglo-American relations and the moment the British tabloid press learned to roar. Ultimately, Leroy Henry's court martial - and everything it stood for - provoked mind-blowing decision-making at the highest military level.
Kate Werran unearths a wealth of archival material to help disclose the story behind the first significant, if uncelebrated, win in the civil rights movement; a story that has been overlooked for nearly eight decades. Until now.
As the build-up to D-Day escalates, Leroy Henry's story unfolds, allowing us to view a pivotal point in history with an entirely new perspective: making race, the 'special relationship' and the British peoples' collective powerful key considerations.
This fascinating, alternative timeline reveals an edgier wartime society, hidden tensions in Anglo-American relations and the moment the British tabloid press learned to roar. Ultimately, Leroy Henry's court martial - and everything it stood for - provoked mind-blowing decision-making at the highest military level.
Kate Werran unearths a wealth of archival material to help disclose the story behind the first significant, if uncelebrated, win in the civil rights movement; a story that has been overlooked for nearly eight decades. Until now.
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As Britain prepared for D-Day Leroy Henry, an African American soldier, was placed on death row at Shepton Mallet Prison, having been falsely accused of rape. In exploring his story, and the extensive campaign to see him released, Kate Werran sheds light on the tensions between America and Britain and how Henry’s case had implications for the beginning of the civil rights movement.
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