Able Seaman Ramazani

A big thank you to all the people who took part in the focus groups. We really appreciated your feedback - it gave us much food for thought and helped us to refine our proposals. The exhibition will:

• Be primarily about the experiences of people from the Caribbean, but will also include information on other black people in the UK
• Focus on personal stories
• Cover the time period 1914 to the arrival of SS Empire Windrush (1948)
• Deal with negative experiences but focus on positive stories and role models

We are continuing to work with the Caribbean community, particularly young people, and are exploring the best ways of building local/regional partnerships. Our marketing plans will be firmed up in the coming months. The exhibition must have a lasting legacy throughout the Museum.

If you would like a full copy of the Focus Group Report please email Community Learning Officer Liz Puddick [email protected]

Commonwealth Servicewomen

To find out how we have used the focus group results and integrated them into the latest exhibition plan come and join us in our open evening. You can meet the team working on the War to Windrush exhibition and have your say about the exhibition plans

Tuesday 9 October
5pm to 7pm
Conference Room, Imperial War Museum London

To book your place email Liz Puddick: [email protected]

Flying Officer Gilbert Fairweather

• Arthur Torrington, Co-founder and Secretary of The Equiano Society, Windrush Foundation, and The Motherland Group.
  
• Colin Douglas, Co-author of West Indian Women at War: British Racism in Second World War, Historian and regular speaker.
  
• Stephen Bourne, Southwark Historian and author of Aunt Esther’s Story and for the BBC's 1998 Windrush season, Steven researched and scripted Their Long Voyage Home
  
• Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallet, Curate of a congregation in Brixton and formerly a lecturer in Caribbean studies
  
• Dr Hakim Adi, Reader in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at Middlesex University and a founder member and currently chair of the Black and Asian Studies Association

Family workshops

Find out about free black history events at Imperial War Museum London. During Black History Month in October special events include family tours and workshops, a series of special film screenings and an illustrated talk by historian and exhibition adviser Stephen Bourne.

Click here for the full programme of Black History Month events