Some of the immigrants who reached Britain on the Empire Windrush in June 1948

Some of the immigrants who reached Britain on the Empire Windrush in June 1948

Black and white photograph showing a group of immigrants to Great Britain after their arrival on the Empire Windrush ship in June of 1948. They are seen here in the Chapman Common underground shelter. Some of them wear suits and hats as they pose beside a bunk bed.

Immigrants - Great Britain; Great Britain - Emigration and immigration; Blacks - Great Britain; Great Britain - Race relations; West Indians - England; Empire Windrush (Ship)

NLJ Photograph Collection

D0001869

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1948