Black Poppies: The Story of Britain's Black Community in the First World War

Black Poppies: The Story of Britain's Black Community in the First World WarDescription by Stephen Bourne Paperback Did you know that Black people from around the world helped Britain fight in the First World War? How heroic were the people who fought? Why did Black people have to keep fighting for equality even after the war? In this young readers edition of Black Poppies, Stephen Bourne takes us on a hero filled journey. Explore the many and extraordinary ways in which Black people helped Britain fight the First World War,

the education of the newly appointed chaplains

Caught up in wartime nationalism

thereby denying U-boat access

soldiers and sailors are illuminated in this lively catalogue

from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly

Mothers dreaded the arrival of the telegraph boy

he established one of the world’s first hospitals dedicated entirely to facial reconstruction

Between 1914 and 1918

there is an extraordinary underlying theme of empire loyalty among serving soldiers - NCOs and private soldiers - and a growing grasp of political ideas and liberal democracy

and to an outspoken leftwing agitator—who was in fact Hoover's star undercover agent

Daphne has survived calamity of her own

sacrificing themselves to stop the last great German offensive of 1914