Peter Fryer: Staying Power Michelle Wallace It is as if the

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Peter Fryer: Staying Power Michelle Wallace It is as if thePluto Press, 2018, softcover, 656 pages, 13. 3 x 21. 6 cm Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of Black presence in Britain. First published in the 80s, amidst race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed