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A black Jamaican immigrant's story of trying to find somewhere to live in the UK
One man describes how he tried to rent a room in Brixton, having arrived in the UK from Jamaica on Empire Windrush, and the reactions he faced.
Footage taken from 'Tonight' 21 August 1963 and 'Windrush' 30 May 1998.
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