Homecoming draws on first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and early 1960s. Show more
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West Indian migrants to Britain between the 1940s and 1960s took great pride in their homes, particularly the front room where they did most of their dancing and drinking. Show more
A better life in Britain was promised to migrants from the Caribbean who had few prospects in their homeland. Drawing on new and archive interviews this is vivid oral history. Show more
Many migrants from the West Indies were not welcome 70 years ago, and there were no laws to curtail the discrimination and racism they met when looking for housing and work. Show more
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