Teenagers enjoying a reggae sound system at the 1981 Notting Hill Carnival.
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The arrival of Windrush brought new forms of music to Britain.
Creating an oral history with your grandparents can help to preserve your cultural family history.
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Pore over family documents such as birth certificates and old passports, photographs and heirlooms, however trinket-like they might seem. Family history requires research in its broadest sense.
Jessica Huntley and Angela Davis at the Keskidee Centre, London, (c.1975).
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Community-produced newsletters informed newcomers of the local shops, clubs and bars that were most welcoming to Caribbean migrants.
HMT Empire Windrush passengers are met by officials from the Colonial Office.
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The clothing choices of the Windrush arrivals signified respect both for themselves and the life-changing journey they had undertaken.
Ivor Cummings.
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A paper trail, both typed and handwritten, documents Cummings’ dogged efforts to secure accommodations and resources for the Windrushers on a time crunch.
Windrush campaigners, in June, 2021, during a protest calling for a new independent body to administer the compensation scheme.
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In the five years since the Windrush scheme was set up, the scandal of how British people have been treated by their own government has only worsened.
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Members of Preston’s Caribbean community describe their experiences as migrants arriving and putting down deep roots in this provincial town.
Britain’s Prince William speaks during the unveiling of the National Windrush Monument on June 22, 2022.
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The legacy of racism in both the United States and the United Kingdom has impacted the ability of Blacks and other ethnic groups to accumulate wealth.