Written to celebrate the contributions of Black nurses from the Windrush generation to Britain’s health service, the poem also reflected the spirit of what many today think of as the Windrush ...
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 ...
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, ...
‘For me, going to England was like coming home for the second time; I had some very good friends here’ (PA) One of the last surviving passengers of the Empire Windrush has died aged 98, The ...
The winner of a prestigious award recognising exceptional contributions by individuals of Caribbean heritage said the "real ...
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 ...
Jeanell Hippolyte - daughter of a Windrush generation man - is now hoping the Home Office will reconsider her application to ...
A new children’s book about Scottish history portrays the ancient Picts as black. I must admit that I was somewhat surprised by this. Mainly because I’d always thought they were blue.
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 ...
Singer Beverley Knight has strongly criticised "successive government bodies" for the "abysmal" treatment of the Windrush generation. Her comments came as she presented a significant National Lottery ...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May joined more than 2,000 people at London’s Westminster Abbey on Friday to celebrate the contribution of immigrants from the Caribbean, 70 years to the ...