Black Immigrants to Britain, 1890-1975

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>This study is available via the UK Data Service <a href='http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/QualiBank'>QualiBank</a>, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.<br> <br> Life-history interviews with black immigrants born before 1911 focusing on family life, community and work experience in England and Wales before 1918. The interview schedule covered first impressions of Britain; domestic routine, including the roles of husbands, wives and children; meals; the upbringing of children; emotional relationships and values in the family; leisure; religion; politics; race discrimination; culture; school; courtship and marriage; the wider family; relationships with neighbours and perception of the community structure.<br> <br> The collection comprises 17 interviews on 32 open-reel tapes. There are transcriptions of ten of these interviews.<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Immigrants; black people; family life; community life; occupational life; education; leisure; religion; politics; marriage; children; childhood; culture; racial discrimination; race relations.