Bristol bus boycott campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93 – Civil rights activist led 1963 protests paving the way for passing of UK Race Relations Act
Bristol bus boycott campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93 – Civil rights activist led 1963 protests paving the way for passing of UK Race Relations Act
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Rest in power
Huh. I didn’t know there was a ban on non-White bus drivers and conductors in Bristol. I thought the racial discrimination like that was only private businesses/individuals.
Apparently the boycott was inspired by Rosa Park’s actions in America. We import a lot of bad social stuff from there, but definitely some positive things too.
Good man, stood up for what was right in an extremely racist country at the time.