Indians and West Indians appeared in Brighton through their involvement in both world wars. In 1948 the SS Empire Windrush brought many West Indian immigrants to Britain, and in 1950 there was active recruitment in the West Indies to fill shortages in the hospitals of post-war Britain, and Brighton General Hospital recruited Black nurses for the first time. In 1995 T. Framroze became Brighton's first Black Asian Mayor, in 1997 Jackie Harding became Brighton and Hove's first Black Caribbean councillor.

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Wounded Indian Troops at the Brighton Pavilion

Two Indian Memorials exists in Brighton

The Chattri Memorial Service 22nd June 2003

The Royal Pavilion Gate-way A gift

West Indian Men in Sussex

Paul Robeson in Brighton 1938

Haile Selassie enjoying the sea air on the Palace Pier Brighton.

Rwanda 10 years of memory Hove Town Hall

1993 - Ali Ibrahim, Sudanese man aged 21 murdered in Brighton

1999 - Jay Abatan, murdered in Brighton