Empire Windrush: Fifty Years of Writing About Black Britain
In 1948, the SS Empire Windrush, carrying hundreds of young men and women from the Caribbean, docked in Southampton. The ship's arrival signalled the beginning of a mass migration which was to have profound effects on Britain for the next 50 years. This anthology charts those 50 years. In poetry, fiction, journalism and essays, and addressing themes such as identity, racism, education, sexual identity, entertainment and leisure and black on white, 'Empire Windrush' is a groundbreaking book of enormous historical and contemrporary relevance.