Windrush Generation Flashcards
What date did the ship empire windrush arrive and at what dock?
22 June 1948 at Tilbury docks.
How many people where on the empire windrush and what gender where most of them?
492 most men.
In 1948 which counties where still in Englands control?
Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad(only some) they supplied lots of men for WW2
What year was Jamaica hit by a hurricane?
1944
What act was passed in 1948 and what did it allow?
British nationality act and it allowed anyone in the empire(commonwealth) to have a British passport and allowed to live and work in England.
Which place saw this as a good oppotunity to move
West Indians as they bought up speaking English and felt very British.
What stories where on the news before the empire windrush arrived in England?
Colour problems and some politicians wanting the ship to be turned back.
What was the general experience of the immigrants in England?
Bad as alot of white people didnt like the immigrants and it provoked hostile reactions.
What racist sign was hung everywhere at that time?
No irish, no blacks, no dogs. Thsi led to black areas being created in some places.
Where in London wass there several weeks of violence when white youths attacked black youths pn streets, nightclubs and in their homes?
Nottingham and Notting hill.
Which carnival began as a gesture of defiance by the balck people againest racist community
Notting hill carnival.
