Black in the British Frame

Stephen Bourne shares his memories of growing up in Peckham and of
his adopted Aunt Esther, a black Londoner born before the First
World War and the subject of his first book. And he talks about
how, from an educationally disadvantaged background, he came to
write many successful black British history books including the
award winning Black in the British Frame - The Black Experience in
British Film and Television (Continuum, 2011) and The Motherland
Calls - Britain's Black Servicemen and Women 1939-45 (The History
Press, 2012). His latest book, Black Poppies-Britain's Black
Community and the Great War, will be published by The History Press
in August 2014. This talk formed part of The National Archives'
Diversity Week.