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The arrival of Windrush brought new forms of music to Britain.
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.
Community-produced newsletters informed newcomers of the local shops, clubs and bars that were most welcoming to Caribbean migrants.
The clothing choices of the Windrush arrivals signified respect both for themselves and the life-changing journey they had undertaken.
Cricket was a significant bridge between England and ‘home’ in the Caribbean, making the sport an important part of the black Atlantic cultural exchange.
Windrush has turned out to be a defining moment in telling the story of Britain, with writing by Caribbean migrants fundamental to exposing the realities of the British empire.
A paper trail, both typed and handwritten, documents Cummings’ dogged efforts to secure accommodations and resources for the Windrushers on a time crunch.
When people think about the Windrush generation, they are unlikely to imagine someone like my father, who was not black but a person of Indian-Caribbean heritage.
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.
Members of Preston’s Caribbean community describe their experiences as migrants arriving and putting down deep roots in this provincial town.
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.
My research shows that white trainee teachers are willing to learn and to bring black history into their teaching, but need support to do so.
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Associate Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor in English and American Studies, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Reader in Humanities, University of Leeds
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Principal Lecturer, University of Brighton
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Canon Murray Fellow in Irish History, University of Oxford
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Professor of Sociology, University of South Wales
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Director of Clinical Legal Education & Senior Lecturer, King's College London
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Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Media Sociology, Lehman College, CUNY
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Lecturer in Modern British History, University of Manchester
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Professor of Modern Literatures in English, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary British History, UCL
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Professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism, University of the Arts London
