A study of the place of black people in British society in the post-war world. It focuses on the development of one community of African Caribbeans: that of Leicester, a medium-size British city in the East Midlands. The study links national and local government policy with respect to immigration, aspects of national identity as expressed in public debate by local people in Leicester, and the experiences of African Caribbean migrants in Leicester between 1945 and 1981. It outlines aspects of the development of the relationship between the position of African Americans in the class structure and an evolving racialized identity constructed in public discourse.
