Indrush 75 News Today

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The portraits hold up a mirror to a society that has underappreciated the Windrush generation for far too long.

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.

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.

The Windrush generation has a long and storied history encompassing empire, war, migration, multiculturalism, racism and scandal – a history that has transformed British society and culture.

Members of Preston’s Caribbean community describe their experiences as migrants arriving and putting down deep roots in this provincial town.