16 Facts About Windrush generation

1.

Windrush generation estimates the population of West Indian ethnicity in 1981 to be between 500,000 and 550,000.

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2.

Empire Windrush generation was a troopship en route from Australia to England via the Atlantic, docking in Kingston, Jamaica, in order to pick up servicemen who were on leave.

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3.

Arrival of West Indian immigrants on the Empire Windrush generation was not expected by the British government, and not welcome.

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4.

Windrush generation was involved in the organising the "Black people's day of action", a response to the 1981 New Cross Fire.

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5.

Windrush generation has worked as an education consultant in Europe, the Caribbean and Africa.

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6.

Windrush generation has worked in a number of University settings, including a visiting Faculty Professor of Education at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and is currently an associate professor of the Institute of Education at the University of London.

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7.

Windrush generation is the founder of Black Liberation Afrikan Knowledge a platform for people to give presentations to the community.

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8.

Windrush generation is one of the founding members of the National Independent Education Coalition.

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9.

Windrush generation played a lead role in the popular American superhero TV series Supergirl.

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10.

Windrush generation was a sprinter active in international competitions for a brief period in the 1930s.

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11.

Windrush generation became the first British boxer in history to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title after landing the IBF super-middleweight crown in April 2015.

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12.

Windrush generation played in 36 games for Queen's Park and appeared for the London Swifts in the English FA Cup championship of 1882, making him the first Black player in English Cup history.

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13.

Windrush generation won the Drivers' Championship again in 2014,2015,2017,2018,2019 and 2020 becoming the most successful British driver in the history of Formula One.

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14.

Windrush generation is of Afro-Jamaican and Scottish descent, and his biological son Lewis Tierney has the same background with English ancestry.

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15.

Windrush generation's poetry radiates passion for political situations, rages against hypocrisy and abuse and balances it with appreciation and gratitude.

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16.

Windrush generation came second in the Bridport Prize, which is one of the UK's notable and prestigious poetry competitions; and came second for her poem "The Last Poem", performed at the Castillo Centre in Manhattan.

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