This website celebrates the 1838 emancipation of nearly a million Africans in the Caribbean.
It is about Windrush Foundation’s Making Freedom exhibition which tells the stories of how
liberation was won.
NEW EXHIBITION TOUR
MAKING FREEDOM – From Emancipation to Windrush
@ BLACK CULTURAL ARCHIVES
1, WINDRUSH SQUARE, LONDON, SW2 1EF
9th - 23th December 2014
Enquiries:
windrush.event@gmail.com
Tel: 07737271437 —————————————————————————-
PREVIOUS EVENTS FROM THE MAKING FREEDOM EXHIBITION TOUR
From Tues 16th Sept to Friday 17th Oct 2014
Downham Health & Leisure Centre
7-9 Moorside Rd
Bromley,
BR1 5EP
OPENING HOURS:
Monday: 09:00 – 10:00
Tuesday: 09:00 – 10:00
Wednesday: 09:00 – 10:00
Thursday: 09:00 – 10:00
Friday: 09:00 – 10:00
Saturday: 09:00 – 18:00
Sunday: 10:00 – 16:00
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EXHIBITION ON TOUR @
From Monday 20th to Thursday 30th October 2014
CITY HALL (MAYOR OF LONDON)
THE QUEEN’S WALK, SE1 2AA
10.30 to 16.30 (weekdays)
ADMISSION FREE
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From Monday 20th to Friday 24th October 2014
The Financial Ombudsman Service
Exchange Tower
Harbour Exchange Square
London E14 9GE
Nearest Docklands Station: South Quay
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From EMANCIPATION to WINDRUSH
The period from 1838 to 1948 saw some changes within the Caribbean. After Emancipation Day, 1st August, Africans women went out in search of their sons and daughters who had been taken away to other sugar plantations, and who did not see their mothers and fathers again. The women re-united ‘the African family’ which had been dismantled by enslavers during the previous 200 years. For decades families struggled to make a living, but many made little or no economic progress.
COME ALONG AND HEAR THIS PRESENTATION BY ARTHUR TORRINGTON
Tuesday 21st OCTOBER 2014 @ 6.30pm
City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA
ADMISSION FREE
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WEST INDIANS AT THE PANAMA CANAL
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the Panama Canal. Windrush Foundation will hold another commemorative event at 6.30pm on
Tuesday 28 October 2014
City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA
The Panama Canal, considered an engineering wonder of the world, has long been touted as an American achievement. Yet, without the sweat and blood of thousands of workers from the West Indies, the canal could not have been built. More than 50,000 Barbadians, Jamaicans, and other colonial subjects worked on the project, and very many died.
ADMISSION FREE
For more information: windrush.event@gmail.com
Text your confirmation of attendance to:
07737271437
