Windrush generation

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The Windrush generation refers to the Caribbean migrants who arrived in the United Kingdom between the late 1940s and early 1970s to help rebuild the country after World War II, profoundly shaping modern British society and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caribbean diaspora in the United Kingdom ⓘ
historical community ⓘ
social group ⓘ
arrivalCountry England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedEvent Windrush scandal ⓘ
arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury in June 1948 ⓘ
citizenshipBasis British Nationality Act 1948 ⓘ
commemoratedBy Windrush Day ⓘ
linked to: Windrush
contributedTo British cuisine ⓘ
British literature ⓘ
British politics ⓘ
British popular music ⓘ
British sport ⓘ
development of multiculturalism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
demographicGroup first-generation Caribbean migrants to the United Kingdom after World War II ⓘ
endTime early 1970s ⓘ
faced hostile immigration policies ⓘ
racial discrimination in employment ⓘ
racial discrimination in housing ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin Afro-Caribbean ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
hasPart Barbadian migrants ⓘ
Jamaican migrants ⓘ
Trinidadian migrants ⓘ
migrants from other British Caribbean colonies ⓘ
influenced British cultural identity ⓘ
race relations legislation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies ⓘ
migrationReason invitation from the British government to help rebuild the country after World War II ⓘ
post-World War II labour shortages in the United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter HMT Empire Windrush ⓘ
pointOfArrival Tilbury Docks ⓘ
pointOfDeparture Caribbean ⓘ
recognizedAs foundational to modern British society ⓘ
recognizedBy UK government ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
startTime 1948 ⓘ
typicalEmploymentSector National Health Service ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
public transport ⓘ
service industries ⓘ
typicalSettlementArea Brixton ⓘ
typicalSettlementCity Birmingham ⓘ
Bristol ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Manchester ⓘ
WindrushDayDate 22 June ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

post-war Britain → hasPart → Windrush generation ⓘ
Brixton → historicallyAssociatedWith → Windrush generation ⓘ
Black Cultural Archives → notableTheme → Windrush generation ⓘ
subject linked to: Black cultural archives
Black British → notableMigrationWave → Windrush generation ⓘ
post-war London → associatedWithEvent → Windrush generation arrival ⓘ
linked to: Windrush generation
Andrea Levy → mainSubject → Windrush generation ⓘ
Andrea Levy → influencedBy → Windrush generation migration ⓘ
linked to: Windrush generation
West Indian Gazette → historicalContext → Windrush generation ⓘ
Windrush Square → namedAfter → Windrush generation ⓘ
Windrush Square → dedicatedTo → Windrush generation ⓘ