Striding hopefully towards a new future, a couple from the Caribbean arrive in Britain, the day before a crackdown on immigration beginsThis picture of a young couple arriving at Gatwick airport from the Caribbean on 30 June 1962 was taken on the eveni…
Windrush activists ‘disgusted’ after being turned away at Tory conference
Anthony Brown and Julia Davidson ‘humiliated’ after being shut out despite paying £225 for full accessTwo Windrush campaigners have said they felt humiliated and baffled after being refused access to the Conservative party conference in Manchester desp…
‘I went wherever there was fighting’: how Sam the Wheels filmed Brixton ablaze
From the tumult of the uprisings to everyday scenes, Clovis Salmon’s jerky camera captured Black British life. As his work hits the big screen, we meet the 94-year-old known as Sam the Wheels‘I used to keep my camera like this,” says Clovis Salmon, put…
Windrush victims launch legal action over compensation delays
Henry Vaughan and Fitzroy Maynard sue Home Office, saying delays have caused them years of stressTwo victims of the Windrush scandal have launched legal proceedings against the Home Office over protracted delays in issuing compensation, asking for clar…
600 UK churches sign up to welcome Christian arrivals from Hong Kong
We must not repeat the mistakes of the Windrush era, say clergyThe Church of England must not repeat its lack of welcome to the Windrush generation when thousands of Hong Kong Chinese people move to the UK in what could be the largest planned migration…
Jamaica calls for deportation flight from UK to be halted over Covid fears
High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight after outbreak among those due to be onboardCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Jamaican government has called on the Home Office to halt a controversial deportation flight …
The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis
One of Britain’s most influential scholars has spent a lifetime trying to convince people to take race and racism seriously. Are we finally ready to listen?In 2000, the race equality thinktank the Runnymede Trust published a report about the “future of…
Hundreds demand reparations for Windrush generation
Event in Brixton marking end of slavery in British empire also hears calls for restored citizenshipHundreds of people have gathered in south London to call for reparations and restored citizenship for the Windrush generation and their descendants.The e…