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They were welders, cobblers, people that came and literally had the assignment to help rebuild this country.įrom what I know from talking to my grandparents, the process wasn't immediate. My grandparents and the majority of the generation that moved here were skilled people.

Black History Month: 21 iconic sporting images of the 21st centuryįor example, we should talk more about the Windrush generation and how they made their lives here after coming over following World War Two.

But black British history is British history and I don't think it's just for black people to know about such triumphs and significant contributions to this country. Without it, they would just fade into obscurity.Īt the moment it's a hidden history.

Until we get to a day where black history is as common in schools as Henry VIII, until those black contributions are celebrated with equal weight to the British history we are taught, then Black History Month is highly necessary.

We're exposing now that there are many, many amazing contributions to British history by black people that are not told for whatever reason and we have to deal with that reality. There are stories that have not been told.