021: WWII: Jim Crow in Britain

In this episode we going back to WWII, over 2 million US service personnel passed through the British isles during WWII. Whilst the American's acclimatised to the British way of life, their mannerisms and personalities. The British welcomed them and their contribution to the war effort, but also welcomed the racial prejudice, colour bar and Jim Crow laws they were so fond of... especially in the Southern States. This led to racial tensions and 'The Battle of Bamber Bridge' in Lancashire, 1943 . One of the many race riots between African-American soldiers and white commanding officers and military police, we discuss in this episode.