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55. Black GIs: We Ain’t No Slaves, This Is England (Ep 2)
Episode 55

55. Black GIs: We Ain’t No Slaves, This Is England (Ep 2)

Journey Through Time

December 11, 202540m 21s

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Show Notes

How did the American army try to enforce segregation by stealth on British towns? Why did the British public perceive the white American GIs as ‘over paid, over fed, over sexed and over here’? How did Churchill respond to the growing tensions in British towns as a result of the ‘friendly invasion’? 


David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell tell the story of when the American army brought racial segregation to the UK during World War Two. 


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