The Conversation have dedicated a whole series of articles on the Windrush Generation.

https://theconversation.com/europe/topics/windrush-52562

They have also released an anthology as a downloadable digital publication (PDF):

https://cdn.theconversation.com/static_files/files/2725/Windrush_e-book_final_(1).pdf?1687378890

#Windrush75

"I am a part of the Windrush Generation, however my parents were not on the HMT Windrush that arrived in Tilbury, Essex on 22 June 1948.

My mother (& siblings) arrived in Southampton aboard the TN Ascania on 25 June 1958, they were four of the 567 passengers on board; that is when my personal Windrush generation history really started in the UK."

https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/windrush75-is-the-lighthouse-of-caribbean?r=lvl6h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#Windrush75 #Ascania65 #WindrushGeneration #Migration #Caribbean #Britain #HostileEnvironment #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings

#today I went to a 75th aniversary outdoor service for the Windrush at Binks Yard. My mum's chour was singing along with two other choirs. There were other speakers in between and Rob played his saxophone.

#UK #windrush #windrush75 #nottingham #hopeCommunityGospelChoir
#binksYard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGNFKQQF5T0

Teju’s Tale is a short period drama. It follows Teju, a Nigerian nursing student arriving in 1950s Britain and the challenges she faces.

Based on a true story.

#Windrush75 #Nigerian #NursingStudent #ItHappened #TejusTale #ShortFilm #BlackMastodon

https://www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/commonwealth/from-windrush-to-climate-justice-joining-the-dots-for-the-future/

#Caribbean #ClimateJustice #DavidCameron #History #HostileEnvironment #KingCharlesIII #QueenElizabethI #Reparations #Slavery #SlaveryReparations #TheresaMay #Windrush #WindrushScandal #Windrush75

Great #Windrush75 celebrations in #Brixton started Thursday and continue all weekend. 75 years since the #Windrush docked at Tilbury port. And no #TheresaMay, we haven’t forgotten what you did to the #Windrushgeneration ✊🏽!

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-perfect-storm-basil-watson-creates-the-national-windrush-monument

"I want to thank the British descendants of the Windrush generation for the work, the effort, the resilience, the strength that they have shown. They could have gone under decades ago but they have risen to the point where they have created this perfect storm for me. ... The National Windrush Monument is my thank you to them all."

Basil Watson, Sculptor

#Windrush #Windrush75 #Monument #BasilWatson #Sculpture
#NationalWindrushMonument #Waterloo #Lambeth

Liverpool's Windrush Stories
created by Marjorie H Morgan & Gabriel H L Morgan © 2018

#Windrush75 #Liverpool #Windrush #Stories #Caribbean

https://youtu.be/UfdDyqMsa9o

Today marks 75 years since Windrush first arrived in the UK, when 800 new arrivals from the Caribbean paved the way for the post-war Commonwealth migration that has transformed Britain, including Wrexham and North Wales, ever since

🔴⚪ #WxmAFC | #Windrush75

Windrush Day (1948) https://johnager.co.uk/2021/06/22/windrush-day-1948/
#WindrushDay #Windrush75

The first immigrants had been invited by the government and brought dreams of a new life. But as people kept coming and ministers cooled on the idea, they faced racism and hardship #Windrush75
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-windrush-arrivals-find-in-postwar-britain-rb62w9sqn?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1687428731 #press

The disbandment of the teams tasked with preventing the Windrush scandal from happening again is particularly concerning considering that the Home Office has yet to fulfil the 30 reform promises.

The decision sends a disturbing message to those affected by the Windrush scandal and to migrant and refugee communities in general.

#Windrush75 #WindrushDay

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/19/unit-reforming-home-office-windrush-scandal-being-disbanded

As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush in Britain, the Home Office has disbanded the unit created to reform the department after the Windrush scandal.

Justice for the Windrush generation must be carried out! #Windrush75 #WindrushDay

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/disbanding-windrush-unit-undermines-trust-in-home-office/

"In one confidential telegram dated May 1 1947, from the governor of Jamaica to the secretary of state for the colonies in London, it’s clear that these “labourers” are not welcome:

"You may consider that it would be sufficient for the moment to issue a public statement here warning Jamaican labourers not to proceed to the United Kingdom on the ground that employment cannot readily be found for them. ... "

https://theconversation.com/unravelling-the-windrush-myth-the-confidential-government-communications-that-reveal-authorities-did-not-want-caribbean-migrants-to-come-to-britain-206225

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#Windrush75 #HostileEnvironment

"Consider the fact, repeated in a Home Office document leaked last year, that “during the period 1950-1981, every single piece of immigration or citizenship legislation was designed at least in part to reduce the number of people with black or brown skin who were permitted to live and work in the UK”."

They survived and thrived in a hostile Britain. That’s why we revere the Windrush pioneers https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/22/britain-windrush-75-pioneers-country-achievement?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#Windrush75
#WindrushScandal #HostileEnvironment

Today marks 75 years since HMT Empire Windrush arrived in Britain. 3-Fold Games are making the world's first video game based on lives of the Windrush generation. Play a demo of Windrush Tales in #BritishLibrary Digital Storytelling exhibition https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2023/06/explore-windrush-tales-in-our-digital-storytelling-exhibition.html #Windrush75 @BL_DigiSchol

TODAY IS WINDRUSH DAY

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43782241.amp

#BlackMastodon
#BlackTwitter
#Windrush75

https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/liverpool-biennial-world-refugee?sd=pf

Liverpool Biennial, World Refugee Week, Windrush 75
A glut of events and occasions that demand attention and thought:
Migration, British Empire, Colonialism, Cultural erasure, Names, uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things

#LiverpoolBiennial #Liverpool #WorldRefugeeWeek #Windrush75 #Migration #Colonialism #AfricanHolocaust #HumanTrafficking #BritishEmpire #Names #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #AmWriting

The Windrush generation: scandal is a reminder of how little we know about British history

I wrote this piece for @NationalWorld about the #Windrush scandal, as this week marks 75 since the arrival of the ship.

This applies across the board when it comes to being aware of our past. The scandal unveils the painful consequences of ignorance in UK #history

#Racism #Race #empire #colonialism #imperialism #windrush75 #windrushscandal

https://www.nationalworld.com/opinion/the-windrush-generation-scandal-compensation-is-reminder-little-we-know-british-history-4188591

The Windrush generation: scandal is a reminder of how little we know about British history

I wrote this piece for @NationalWorld about the #Windrush scandal, as this week marks 75 since the arrival of the ship.

This applies across the board when it comes to being aware of our past. The scandal unveils the painful consequences of ignorance in UK #history

#Racism #Race #empire #colonialism #imperialism #windrush75 #windrushscandal

https://www.nationalworld.com/opinion/the-windrush-generation-scandal-compensation-is-reminder-little-we-know-british-history-4188591