In late 2017,  Runnymede Trust, JCWI and others helped shine a spotlight on the treatment of people who had arrived in the UK as British citizens, but were now losing their homes, jobs and even being deported. A few months later, the story hit the headlines and became known as the Windrush scandal. Now we’re sharing the stories of some of the campaigners, activists and members of the Windrush generation whose voices you need to hear; Roy Hackett, Mona Baptiste, Anthony Brown and Jacqueline McKenzie.
Roy Hackett

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Roy Hackett was born in Trench Town, Jamaica in 1928. After leaving school, he had several jobs but struggled to make enough money to eat, and aged 24 he boarded a ship to England. 
Racism was legal in the UK then, and there was a “colour bar” – similar to segregation. Black and brown people were openly discriminated against by landlords, employers, unions and businesses like pubs, rest…