Black Handsworth: Race in 1980s Britain: by Kieran Connell, Oakland, University of California Press, 2019, 221 pp., Illustrations. £27.00, ISBN 978-0-502030-068-2

What comes to mind if you are asked to think about Handsworth, Birmingham, UK? The Handsworth Riots, a vibrant multicultural area in the north of the city; or, a place to avoid, or I don’t know muc...