Articles
IMMIGRANTS, ALIENS AND SETTLERS
This discussion paper argues that, right from the start, members of the Windrush generation should not have been branded or classified as ‘immigrants.’ The brand has brought them untold injustices since 22 June 1948. An understanding of this would especially help...
Windrush: Before 22 June 1948
Windrush Foundation focuses on events in Britain mainly from 22 June 1948, but this summary paper highlights the experiences of very many people of Caribbean heritage before then. After WWII ended on 8 May 1945, more than three thousand Caribbean men decided to remain...
Footballers of the Windrush Generation
Members of the Windrush Generation have contributed so much to so many aspects of British Society, in few places is this more visible than on football pitches up and down the country. There have been black players in British football from the start of the game as an...
Birth of the Windrush Generation
Twenty-five years ago, Jamaican born Sam King and Arthur Torrington, a Guyanese, created a community organisation aimed mainly at young men and women of Caribbean heritage. It focussed on their identity, belonging and sense of purpose. Windrush Foundation was the name...
Empire Windrush, British Governments And Coloured Immigration
The Empire Windrush is associated with the arrival of Caribbean men, women and children in the UK from 22 June 1948 at Tilbury Docks, Essex. The ship became iconic and closely associated with ‘coloured immigration’ which was the label given by both Labour and...