This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
"This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture" is a monthly podcast produced by Dr. Hettie V. Williams Professor of History in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University. Williams is the author of several essays, articles, book chapters and the author/editor of seven books. Her research interests include African American intellectual and cultural history, women's history, and race/ethnic studies. She is also the former director of the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston. Williams periodically interviews scholars, authors, activists, and community leaders on matters related to the history, society, and culture of Black and African American communities in the United States (U.S.) and the world. These podcast episodes are on a variety of subjects including, but not limited to, higher education, economics, criminal justice, reparations, mental health, history, science, gender, popular culture, women, and politics. A new episode will be released monthly on Monday mornings from September to May during each academic term.
This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
The Windrush Generation
In this episode, Dr. Hettie V. Williams is in conversation with Dr. Ken Campbell Professor of history at Monmouth University and author of A History of the British Isles: Prehistory to the Present and many other books on British history and beyond about race and the Windrush Generation in England. The Windrush Generation has become a major topic of discussion in the African Diaspora. This phrase refers to the ship MV Empire Windrush which docked in Tilbury June 22, 1948 bringing workers primarily from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and various other Caribbean Islands to England. Many of the ship’s 492 passengers were children. The University of Oxford estimates that they are among the 500,000 or more UK residents born in Commonwealth countries before 1971.
