School librarians will be championing this book all year long - not just for a token Black History Month - so that no-one is ignored, overlooked or eradicated from our history in the future. This new, updated edition of his 2016 book is aimed at younger readers, and it appears at a time when many people are debating the best ways to tell histories of empire and race in the classroom. Discover the fascinating true story of footballer and World War I officer Walter Tull in this highly visual scrapbook. Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake.

As someone from the US, and educated in a predominantly white education system, I was barely taught much about US history beyond the glorification of colonialism, let alone about the history of any other nations. The Voice spoke to David about why all children need to learn Black British history, the first book that helped him see himself and when he’ll know his work is done.

will be remembered for many reasons - but especially because it was the year in which the urgent need for putting Black British history back in the curriculum was finally recognised, and the drive to make it both mainstream and mandatory gathered huge momentum as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement.

There is a lot to take in with this and would be a good place to start for young readers, and also for older readers too.Olusoga’s enthusiasm for his subject is most evident as he wends his way to the Georgian house of Samuel Johnson, to tell the tale of his servant Francis Barber, born enslaved in Jamaica, who went on to become the beneficiary of his master’s will.