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30th April 1963: The Bristol Bus Boycott against discriminatory recruitment begins
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-04-29 21:05:24
Description: A boycott against the Bristol Omnibus Company in England was launched due to their racist employment policy. Around 3,000 people of West Indian origin lived in the city of Bristol in 1963, predominantly around the St Pauls area. There was not yet any legislation against discriminating on racial grounds so it was common in both housing and employment, while so-called “coloureds” often suffered violence at the hands of gangs of white Teddy Boys. In 1955, the same year as the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama, the Transport and General Workers Union that represented bus drivers had reportedly passed a resolution that ...
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