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It's June 21st, 1948, at Tilbury Docks, just east of London, England.

Jamaican Sam King stands on the deck of the Empire Windrush, a British passenger liner that's just moored at its berth.

After three weeks of breathing the fresh air of the Atlantic,

the smog drifting over the water from London catches Sam's throat.

But he doesn't mind.

Instead, the 22-year-old is full of anticipation for the new life he's about to begin in Britain.

The Empire Wind Rush has just completed the last leg of a long voyage. It left Australia

to transport demobilized British soldiers back home after World War II, but the large ship

was nowhere near capacity. So when it was partway home, the captain of the Empire Windrush

paused in the British colony of Jamaica and placed an advertisement in the newspaper

offering cheap transit across the Atlantic. Sam decided to take up the offer, and he wasn't the only one.

Almost 500 other Jamaicans joined Sam, and now most of them thronged the decks of the Empire Windrush,

eager for a closer look at their new home.

As the crew finished securing the ship in court, Sam joins the other Jamaican migrants as they head down the gangway to the dock side.

They're met with a crowd of reporters.

Sam smiles pleased that his arrival appears to be big news in the country.

Before he bordered the Empire Wind Rush, Sam was assured that the British were ready to welcome their colonial subjects to help the country rebuild after World War

II. But as Sam steps onto the dock, an angry voice catches his attention. Sam looks over the heads

of the reporters to see a man at the back of the crowd holding up a sign with the words,

No Blacks scrawled on it. Sam furrows his brow in confusion. Music reporters to see a man at the back of the crowd holding up a sign with the words no black

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