![]() This new edition includes the classic introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack, in addition to a brand-new foreword by Guardian journalist Gary Younge, which examines the book's continued significance today as we face Brexit and a revival of right wing nationalism. Staying Power is recognised as the definitive history of black people in Britain, an epic story that begins with the Roman conquest and continues to this. By rewriting black Britons into the British story, showing where they influenced political traditions, social institutions and cultural life, was – and is – a deeply effective counter to a racist and nationalist agenda. Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain, Peter Fryer (Pluto, 2018 1984), £16.99 The emergence of black studies within the American academy in the 1970s was one of the products of the Black Power movement of the late 1960s. Staying power : the history of black people in Britain by Fryer, Peter. First published in the 80s, amidst race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a deeply political act revealing how Africans, Asians and their descendants had long been erased from British history. Search the history of over 804 billion web pages on the Internet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of Black presence in Britain. Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. ![]()
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