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WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020

''This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee''s journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging'' AKALA

What would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime against you? Who would you turn to? And how long would you fight them for?

On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrence''s mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again. In the chaos that followed, 11-year-old Lee watched in horror as the News falsely pronounced his mother dead. In Brixton, already a powder keg because of the deep racism that the community was experiencing, it was the spark needed to trigger two days of rioting that saw buildings brought down by petrol bombs, cars torched and shops looted.

The Louder I Will Sing A story of racism riots

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 31 December 2020
      ISBN-13 9780751581034
      978-0751581034
      ISBN-10 0751581038
      Also in:
      Biography Memoirs Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Police and security services

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020

      ''This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee''s journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging'' AKALA

      What would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime against you? Who would you turn to? And how long would you fight them for?

      On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrence''s mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again. In the chaos that followed, 11-year-old Lee watched in horror as the News falsely pronounced his mother dead. In Brixton, already a powder keg because of the deep racism that the community was experiencing, it was the spark needed to trigger two days of rioting that saw buildings brought down by petrol bombs, cars torched and shops looted.

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