The Story of Windrush

Author: Chimbiri, Kandace

Interest age: from c 9 years

Published on 15 October 2020 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 48 pages
141 x 210 x 12 | 210g

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The story before the scandal.

A book to celebrate the inspiring legacy of the Windrush

pioneers.

In June 1948, hundreds of Caribbean men, women and children arrived

in London on a ship called the HMT Empire

Windrush. Although there were already

Black people living in Britain at the time, this event marks the

beginning of modern Black Britain.

Combines historical fact with voices from the Windrush Generation

Tells the inspiring story of the Windrush Generation pioneers

for younger readers

With full colour illustration