Gretchen Gerzina's book, Black England: A Forgotten History, will soon be rereleased with a new introduction by Zadie Smith. The new edition will be published September 29. The book was originally published in 1995 as Black London: Life Before Emancipation.
To celebrate the new publication, Gerzina will tour the United Kingdom in October.
For more on Gerzina’s work, see her faculty profile.