For better or worse, the docking of the HMT Empire Windrush on British shores 75 years ago next week has become synonymous with an entire generation of Black British people.
The passengers were workers who came here to find a better life, who responded to the post-Second World War call of the mother country, and who deserve to be celebrated for all of their many achievements.
It started with a ship. But not the ship you might first think of. Before the HMT Empire Windrush arrived, the Ormonde (followed by the Almanzora months later) docked in Liverpool in 1947, carrying many Caribbean settlers.
