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With the boom in interest in the histories of colonialism, empire and the British civil rights movement in response to Black Lives Matter protests, has come an aligned boom in interest in Black British writing.

The Campaign Against Racial Discrimination: Britain’s Civil Rights Experiment This article is based on original research by Alysha Robinson, University of Manchester History Department. We are grateful for permission to reproduce and adapt it.

The Windrush generation: how a resilient Caribbean community made a lasting contribution to British society

But far less is known about the two ships that arrived before the Windrush, carrying smaller but still significant numbers of migrants: the