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Britain changed from a majority mono-culture society to multi-cultural after the Second World War.
In 1948 Britain was recovering from the war, the country was returning to full-employment, but there was an severe labour shortage. To solve this problem the government began encouraging immigration to fill job vacancies. The government passed the British Nationality Act 1948 that guaranteed the right of all British subjects of the colonies and Commonwealth to immigrate to Britain without restriction and this led to the start of mass immigration from the West Indies. Some of the West Indian migrants arrived in Wolverhampton with a plan to remain for five years and then return to the West Indies. However many found that they had settled into Wolverhampton life and they never returned. In the city today there are the third and fourth generations of the original migrants. Many born and brought up in Wolverhampton and who consider Wolverhampton to be home. In this section you can find out more about the Caribbean migration to Wolverhampton and about selected items from the Wolverhampton Arts and Museum Service which have links with the Caribbean.
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