Virgillo Hunter
Virgillo Amando Hunter is a Ph.D. Student of Modern British History at the University of East Anglia, England, with interests in British-Caribbean families, oral history and Caribbean migratory cultures in the Twentieth century. Currently, he is writing his dissertation on British-Caribbean families in post-war Britain to further developing his interests in the second-generation, culture between generations, and the impact of the 1980s Brixton Uprisings on families. On completion of his degree in 2021, he is considering going into teaching and researching.
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Michael X (1933-1975)
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Britain’s 1919 Race Riots
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British West Indian Regiment (BWIR) (1915-1918)
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Justin Soni Fashanu (1961-1998)
Justin Soni Fashanu was Britain’s first black openly gay footballer to earn a £1 million transfer fees contract. Born in...
The New Cross Fire (January 18, 1981)
On Sunday, January 18, 1981, thirteen black youths attending a birthday party in Deptford, South London was killed in an...
The Windrush Generation (1948- )
Although persons of African ancestry had resided in Great Britain since the time of the Roman conquest, their numbers and...
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963
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Olive Elaine Morris (1952-1979)
Olive Elaine Morris was a member of the British Black Panther Party and a grassroots activist in Great Britain. Morris...
