Black GIs, Northern Ireland, the United States and the Second World War, with Dr Simon Topping

Dr Simon Topping is Associate Professor of United States History at the University of Plymouth, and in this chat he discusses Northern Ireland's role as the first part of the UK to welcome American soldiers in January 1942. By the end of the conflict, more than 300,000 had passed through the province. Among the Americans were thousands of black soldiers who were broadly welcomed by the people of Northern Ireland, contrasting with the segregation and racism they faced at home.