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On June 22, 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed into British history. On that day, hundreds of passengers who had travelled from Kingston, Jamaica disembarked at Tilbury Docks in Essex and became the first wave of migrants who answered the call to help rebuild Britain after the Second World War.
Political activist Patrick Vernon successfully led a campaign to have June 22 designated as Windrush Day. Now, he’s steering another project to celebrate a generation that shaped our society as the 75th anniversary of that famous arrival approaches next year.
“Windrush has touched the lives of every part of British society,” he says. “Music, politics, art, sports, entertainment, public life, civic life, manufacturing, retail – you name it. There’s lots of stuff commemorating the Windrush Generation like artwork and sculptures, and it’s all great, but we want the real stuff. The real history is there on the bottom of the
