Anti-black riots broke out in Liverpool that year. And yet Africans and West Indians were banned from the victory parade in 1919. Rapidly promoted to sergeant, then second lieutenant, he led white British troops into action and died in 1918, having been mentioned in despatches and recommended for the Military Cross. Tull played professional football for Northampton but instead of signing up for Glasgow Rangers, he enlisted. In dealing with the black contribution to the First World War, for example, he cites popular gratitude and admiration for black Britons – among them Walter Tull, who fought on the Western Front. Olusoga brilliantly reveals such contradictions in British society. To find out more about Colonial Countryside check out our Twitter and a few of our blog posts. We also hope to delve into archives, taking primary aged pupils with us, allowing them to explore narratives forgotten. We are thrilled that the work will look to previous untouched primary sources and engage with oral histories that have been forgotten to statistics. The below extract has been taken from the New Statesman book review of David Olusoga’s newest project: Black and British: A Forgotten History. Like Fryer’s book, Olusoga’s will inspire and will come to be seen as a major effort to address one of the greatest silences in British historiography.
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