The Colour of Injustice

Stories of the fight against prejudice and the law
The story of racial injustice in the UK – told through 10 compelling cases

THE STORY OF RACIAL INJUSTICE IN THE UK, TOLD THROUGH TEN COMPELLING CASES .

Lee Lawrence was just eleven when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot by police during a raid on the family’s south London home. It was an event that would spark a violent uprising and dominate his life for the next 30 years as he fought for justice and for the police to admit their wrongdoing.

Along the way, Lee came across dozens of other cases, past and present, which made it clear that the racial prejudice and bias which resulted in his mother’s shooting had been in place for many decades, impacting the lives of thousands of innocent people .

Through a deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Lee Lawrence seamlessly combines historical fact with his dramatic first-hand experiences of racial in