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Windrush: My Family's Story

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25/08/2018 GMT

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Delving into her own family's history, the BBC's Amanda Kirton travels to Jamaica.

In 1948, the Empire Windrush arrived in Britain carrying hundreds of Caribbean passengers. Amanda Kirton travels to Jamaica to uncover the links that bind the two islands.

In 1948, the cruise liner Empire Windrush arrived in Britain carrying hundreds of Caribbean passengers. It began a wave of migration that would change the face of the country forever. But black Britain didn't begin with the Empire Windrush. Delving into her own family's history, the BBC's Amanda Kirton travels to Jamaica to uncover the links that bind the two islands.

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