{"product_id":"9781803993522","title":"Black Yanks : Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Werran, Kate \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnited Kingdom, Great Britain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 April 2024 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 30 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e241 x 166 x 32 | 576g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48425853387050,"sku":"9781803993522","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781803993522_6e2d86f3-9859-41ee-bc3b-41f5df8690e3.jpg?v=1773927454","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.live\/products\/9781803993522","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}