Black World War 1 & 2 vets honoured
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Black Soldiers finally get recognised for their sacrifice in defence of Britain.
The contributions of the thousands of Black Servicemen and Women who were involved in both World Wars 1 and 2 were finally acknowledged with the unveiling of a war memorial in Brixton just over a week ago.
The monument was first shown to the public on the day of the sixty-ninth anniversary of when the first post war West Indian immigrants arrived in Britain in 1948, on board the ship the Empire Windrush.
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There are still many in the Black Community (especially the younger ones) who are unaware of the Black Men and Women who helped fight for the freedom of this nation, despite this supposedly being the age of information (with the internet) and with there being lots of books to refer to and some veterans themselves still living there really is no excuse for not knowing about this.
At any rate this was done by the Nubian Jak Community Trust to bring those in the Black Community to the knowledge of what their predecessors had done in defence of this country and to hopefully spark more of an interest into learning about their heritage which believe it or not is actually one that they can be proud of.
This memorial which is dedicated specifically to the Black people who fought and died in the two World Wars is the first of its kind in Britain.
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