Notting Hill And Carribbean Migration Flashcards
Define enquiry
An inquiry is an investigation. This involves asking questions and thinking about the sources that we have to answer our question.
Define provenance
Background to a source
Define emigration
Leaving a country to move somewhere else
Define MSO’s
Mutual self-help organisations
Define Teddy boys
Are use movement of the 1960s, they were dressed in clothes, inspired by Edwardian fashion and loved rock ‘n’ roll music. Some were involved in racist violence
Define HMOs
Houses of multiple occupancy
Define statutory tenancy
Elise on a rented property given to a tenant, which the landlord cannot cancel
define Institutional racism
When an organisation deliberately treat a group unfairly because of its race
Define Colour bar
Denying ethnic minority people access to the same rights and opportunities as white people (jobs,housing etc)
Define Activism
Is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organisation in order to bring about political or social change
What happened in 1948
The British nationality act-set up people who lived in countries that were or had been part of the British Empire. We’re encouraged to migrate here to live and work.
What happened on August 1958
Notting Hill, riots
The 30 August 1958 -a map of 400 white people attacked the homes of Caribbean migrants in Bromley Road in Notting Hill with petrol bombs.
Encouraged by Oswald Mosley
Police take side of the white Mon
What happened in 1958
West Indian gazette
What happened on May 1959
Kelso Cochran is murdered
What happened in 1959
Oswald Mosley run for parliament and loses
What happened in 1959
Caribbean carnival
Why happened in 1960?
The London free School is set up
What happens in 1963
Bruce Kenrick set up an NHH
(Notting hill housing)
What happens in 1968
British black panthers formed
What happened on August 1970
The mangrove nine March
Why did they migrate to Notting Hill?
British nationality act 1948, said that people who lived in countries that were all had been part of the empire in code to migrate here to live and work.
Many people felt a connection to Britain as the mother country and felt it was a good work opportunity with jobs for transport for London and the NHS
Notting Hill was one of the few places that would rent house into black people, so many settle there
What were their experiences?
Housing-terrible conditions from landlord like Peter Rachman
Riots -caused by racism
Institutional racism -Metropolitan police were often racist and did not understand the community served
What impact did they have?
Culture-music, such as reggae and ska food, such as bread, fruit, and Portobello market
Carnival-still exist today and celebrate Caribbean culture
British black activism -British black panthers and the mangoes nine protested, the treatment of black migrants to Britain
What does COPE stand for?
C-content
O-own knowledge
P-provenance
E-evaluate
How to use the COPE technique
Content what does the source actually tell you what can you see?
own knowledge-does in match with your knowledge
Provenance -think about where the source has come from by when how much is this help or not help or question why do you think it was produced? Why might this be important?
Evaluate -partially/very useful for own enquiry
Facts about Peter Rachman
Made -1,500,000 by renting houses
Rented out crowded homes, poor conditions, but high rent
One of the very few landlord, the rent it to black people
Had HMO
Facts about Bruce Kenrick
Raise money from campaigning
Founded a charity called Notting Hill Housing in 1963, raising money to provide good houses to Caribbean migrants
Facts about Oswald Mosley
His political party wanted to deport all migrants
Facts about Kelso Cochrane
Stabbed by a white gang whilst walking home on 17 May 1959
Facts about Claudia Jones
Move to Britain in 1958
Set up a newspaper, the West Indian gazette
Lobbied for black people to get senior positions in institutions
Set up a Caribbean carnival in 1959, which Later Became the Notting Hill carnival
Facts about Frank Crichlow
Owned mangrove restaurant
Faced raids from police due to suspicions of drugs
January 69 of July 70
Organise a match on August 9, 1970 to protest. Police action charged with trying to insite acial violence.
Facts about the British black panthers
A group that campaign for racial equality and civil rights
Inspired by Black Panther party from the USA
Campaigned against police brutality. Work to educate black people about the history.
Campaigned on several social issues
Help finding housing jobs and healthcare
Campaigned in favour of civil rights
Facts about mangrove, nine
The match was on 9 August 1970, All Saints Road, Notting Hill
The trial should police evidence to be false or exaggerated
The verdict, innocent of the most serious charges police accused of institutional racism by the judge
