Black Yanks: Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain

By Kate Werran

Black Yanks is the story of how an African American soldier from Missouri ended up on death row in D-Day Britain - and the extraordinary campaign that set him free. The drama plays out over a tumultuous six weeks, set against a backdrop of the most audacious sea-borne invasion ever attempted.

As the build-up to D-Day escalates, Leroy Henry's story unfolds, allowing us to view a pivotal point in history with an entirely new perspective: making race, the 'special relationship' and the British peoples' collective powerful key considerations.

This fascinating, alternative timeline reveals an edgier wartime society, hidden tensions in Anglo-American relations and the moment the British tabloid press learned to roar. Ultimately, Leroy Henry's court martial - and everything it stood for - provoked mind-blowing decision-making at the highest military level.

Kate Werran unearths a wealth of archival material to help disclose the story behind the first significant, if uncelebrated, win in the civil rights movement; a story that has been overlooked for nearly eight decades. Until now.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803993529
• ISBN13: 9781803993522
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"