Tag: Windrush generation
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A blue plaque now honours the 12 Windrush men who built the UK’s first Black housing association, marking a powerful legacy of self-determination and community strength.
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Clovis Salmon, the UK’s first Black documentary filmmaker, documented Brixton’s Black community with his camera and bike. His legacy lives on through powerful footage and a treasured community archive.
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Discover how Asquith Xavier challenged whites-only hiring at London’s Euston Station in 1966, becoming the first Black train guard there despite death threats and establishing a crucial civil rights precedent in British employment.
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Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland’s first Black professor, makes history by being inducted into the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle for his academic contributions and advocacy for social justice.
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