1948 - 1962

Investigate what was happening in Britain between 

1948-1962

The Arrival of Empire Windrush The old troop-carrying steamship Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury on 22 June 1948. She carried 490 Caribbean men (and two women), mostly from Jamaica and Trinidad. Windrush was not the only ship to arrive in Britain with Caribbean immigrants after the Second World War, but the ship's arrival was given a lot of publicity at the time. 'Windrush' has since become a symbolic event marking the start of the Caribbean migration that was to be so influential on post-war London .
The Windrush passengers were skilled workers who came to find work to help post-war Britain recover after the war.
The 1948 Nationality Act had encouraged the venture, with its 'open door' policy for commonwealth migrants. British passport-holders were citizens of 'the United Kingdom and Colonies'. Every commonwealth citizen was also a British subject with right of entry to the United Kingdom.

Although the publicity given to the Windrush's arrival prompted some concern from M.P.s, the general response from the public was welcoming. In London, the process of recovery was under way although accommodation was a problem. London had a housing shortage as a result of wartime bombing, and there was little local authority housing available for the newcomers.
The new arrivals were given temporary accommodation in the deep tube shelter on Clapham Common, which had previously been used as a bomb shelter and to house prisoners of war. Brixton was the nearest place for work and socialising, and the Mayor of Brixton extended a particularly warm welcome to the new arrivals.
Many of the Windrush's passengers found work around the country but many remained in London, particulary the Brixton area, establishing the roots of a new community there.


(1948)
UK Railways are nationalized to form British Railways.
The NHS acts are enacted in the United Kingdom.
Olympic Games held in London. Great Britain and Northern Ireland win 3 gold, 14 silver and 6 bronze medals at the event, which is televised by the BBC.


As the second world war had just finished Britain would be in a state of disrepair and poverty. They had to ration many of the necessities in life.
Live trains-Atlantic satellite television via the Telstar satellite was made possible in 1962.

Black Britain Prezi

Black Britain on Prezi

What is Black British Culture?

When listening to this radio extract it was interesting to hear the different views of many black British citizens and how they view the Britain that they live in. It enabled me to learn what black British citizens first bought to this country and how we have inherited it throughout many generations. Whilst going through a normal day to day basis you do not stop to think what culture you are wearing, eating, listening to and even the slang you talk in but listening to this extract it shows me just how much we have integrated with each other and learnt different life styles of one another.

The part that interested me the most was when the two young boys were talking of how when people talk about black British people they instantly think about gun crime, drugs and many other negative factors; this was interesting to hear as media is a massive contribution to this just as they contribute to many other stereotypes that we live with. They mentioned the fact that every time you open up a newspaper the only comments or stories on the black British society are negative and are almost always about some sort of crime to which they have committed. This then feeds into the lives of many people throughout the country and once again we have fed ourselves and negative stereotype. However this mainly affects black British people as they then have to live with the thought that they are all being put in the same lime light which affects them in their day to day basis. As this is the main stereotype that they are linked with it then becomes who they are and they become in a sense the stereotype they distaste, this however does not contribute to the whole black British community but it does to the generations of today as the statistics in the radio extract point out; this is in my opinion partly to blame for the media’s influence on everyday people.

When listening to the interviews they did it told of how many black British live and how they live with many different cultures in their community and how they embrace their origins. This to me was a sign of a different community a more positive one that the media represent. By embrace their heritage they are learning about where they and their parents come from and live in the same music, style and eat the same food that their parents would have, this shows a strong community that is able to integrate into different societies and except every other person for who they are and the heritage that they also come from.

From this radio extract it has shown that black British culture is all around and we use it in our day to day basis. This enables us to except people from different cultures and embrace it, however the media shines many negative lights on the black community their many positive things that outshine the bad things.

TASK 2

Here is the Prezi that I made about black Britain today. I will add to it as I go along and hopefully it will be a nice sized Prezi but for now here it is!

http://prezi.com/gx-tvygqy4pj/black-britain/