Already visited the Black Cultural Archives? Want to enrich your understanding of a specific period of Black British history?
This workshop is open to all UAL Staff
Unique oral histories of the Windrush generation are stored within the Black Cultural Archives. This workshop gives attendees the opportunity to hear from figures like Connie Mark and Ivor Fairweather, and learn about how their expectations of migrating from the Caribbean to Britain compared to the realities of this journey.
This workshop also explores how one member of the Windrush generation, Len Garrison, went on to co-found the Black Cultural Archives. Attendees will learn more about Garrison’s mission and its continued relevance today.
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