Windrush Day has been held on 22 June since 2018, to celebrate the contribution Caribbean migrants and their families have made to the UK. HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex, in 1948, ...
Prince William and Kate have made several visits to Wales since taking on the titles Prince and Princess of Wales just over a year ago. And today, they were back in the country for engagements to mark ...
That the term “Windrush scandal” has become well-known is a testament to the tireless campaigns to demand justice for the Windrush generation in the UK. As Black Britons from predominantly former ...
Seventy-five years ago, a ship carrying over 1,000 passengers from the Caribbean docked at Tilbury Dock near London. These passengers were among the first to arrive in the United Kingdom after being ...
This article is part of The Athletic’s series celebrating UK Black History Month. You can find the full series here. You don’t need to look too hard to find examples of the impact people from the ...
LONDON (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean to new lives in Britain. The arrival of the Empire Windrush on ...
Singer Beverley Knight said the Windrush generation has been treated “abysmally” by “successive government bodies”. The 52-year-old, best known for her hit Shoulda Woulda Coulda, was speaking to the ...
Indo-Caribbean migrants – descendants of Indian indentured laborers brought to the Caribbean – contributed significantly to the UK’s economy and cultural diversity. The Windrush Generation refers to ...
It's been 75 years since the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush ship on the shores of Essex, England on June 22, 1948. On the ship were hundreds of Caribbean citizens, migrating to the UK after World ...
The 800 West Indians who walked down the gangway at Tilbury to make new lives in England in June 1948 had been encouraged to think of the country as their motherland. The literary contribution of the ...