![]() ![]() 1976Īccepted at Queen's College, Oxford, where he reads English. 1973ĬP writes his first story, after seeing a documentary about Anne Frank. 1972ĬP lives with his father for the next four years. Lillian regains custody of the boys, for four years, until she falls ill again. Lillian falls ill, and the four brothers are put into foster care for several years, living with multiple families. White working-class "Teddy Boys" had for years been hostile towards black families in the area, a situation exploited and inflamed by groups such as Oswald Mosley's Union Movement and other far-right groups such as the League of Empire Loyalists, the National Labour Party, and the White Defence League, who urged disaffected white residents to "Keep Britain White." 1966ĬP's parents divorce his mother, Lillian, has custody of CP and his three brothers. ![]() ![]() They are part of the 125,000 workers of the Windrush generation of West Indians, lured to fill vacant jobs in England.Īugust-September: The Notting Hill Race Riots occur. July: His parents emigrate to Leeds when CP is four months old. ![]()
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