I. Change is gonna come -- The Black knight -- Caribbean at the crossroads -- A year of reckoning -- The politics of partying -- Racism rebooted -- Journey of generations that passed in a moment -- Ferguson's Black community must not be given the same justice as Trayvon Martin -- 'He was here for us all those years; now we are here for him' -- II. Things fall apart -- Life after Mandela -- Comrade Bob -- Left to sink or swim -- Shots in the dark -- Open season on Black boys after a verdict like this -- Yes, he tried : what will Barack Obama's legacy be? -- The boy who killed and the mother who tried to stop him -- Hounding Commonwealth citizens is no accident. It's cruelty by design -- We can't breathe -- III. Ways of seeing -- Don't blame Uncle Tom -- Riots are a class act - and often they're the only alternative -- White history 101 -- The misremembering of 'I Have a Dream' -- Boris Johnson's white privilege -- What Black America means to Europe -- Why every single statue should come down -- Black like me? Bridgerton and the fantasy of a non-racist past -- IV. Express yourself -- She would not be moved -- No surrender -- 'We used to think there was a Black community' -- The secrets of a peacemaker -- 'I started to realise what fiction could be. And I thought 'Wow! You can take on the world!'" -- The man who raised a Black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games -- In my diction, in my stance, in my attitude, this is Black British -- Everything that I'd suppressed came up - I had to speak up -- V. Me, myself, I -- Black bloke -- Borders of hate -- Farewell to America -- My mother's small island taught me what independence really means -- In these bleak times, imagine a world where you can thrive."

"Here is a powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation's leading political voices. For the last three decades Gary Younge has had a ringside seat during the biggest events and with the most significant personalities to impact the black diaspora : accompanying Nelson Mandela on his first election campaign, joining revellers on the southside of Chicago during Obama's victory, entering New Orleans days after hurricane Katrina or interviewing Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou, and Stormzy. He has witnessed how much change is possible and the power of systems to thwart those aspirations. 'Dispatches from the Diaspora' is an unrivalled body of journalistic work from a unique perspective that takes you to the frontlines and compels you to engage and to 'imagine a world in which you might thrive, for which there is no evidence. And then fight for it.'"-- Provided by publisher.