Black history: Britain and race
The History Hour
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Babs's Story
Babs's mother was already married to an english naval officer when she met a black us. Air force engineer at a dance. Her mother fell pregnant in 19 forty four, but she never told her black g ey boy friend about the baby. He returned to the us without knowing and didn't question whether he was babs's father until later. Babs faced racial abuse at school - people wouldn't allow their children to play with me. When she was just five months old, babs was sent away from her family in ipswich. She lived in a children's home for the next four years then a foster family came forward,. Eventually, babs left home and trained as a
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