Pages from the Archives
“ The appropriate Government Departments are now preparing to greet the 410 West Indians in the Empire Windrush a little more cordially than at first intended.”
The London Guardian, June 18, 1948.
“ And what has made them leave Jamaica? In most cases, lack of work. They spoke independently, but unanimously, of a blight that has come upon the West Indies since those who served America and Britain during the war returned home.” The London Guardian, June 23, 1948.
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