Bristol bus boycott: The breakthrough in race relations
On the same day that Martin Luther King pursued his dream in America, a group of Bristolians boycotted buses, changing the face of civil rights in the UK.
The campaign led to the Bristol Omnibus Company lifting its “colour bar” on employment, and paved the way for the UK’s Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1968.
On this episode of the Sky News Daily Podcast, host Noel Phillips speaks Roy Hackett, who was part of the 1963 Bristol protests, long-term campaigner for civil rights, Barbara Dettering, and history teacher and boycott enthusiast Tracy O’Brien.
Credits:
Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer- Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews producers - Oli Foster
Interviews producers - Tatiana Alderson
Interviews producers - Megan Coutts
Archive - Simon Windsor
Music - Steven Wheeler
The campaign led to the Bristol Omnibus Company lifting its “colour bar” on employment, and paved the way for the UK’s Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1968.
On this episode of the Sky News Daily Podcast, host Noel Phillips speaks Roy Hackett, who was part of the 1963 Bristol protests, long-term campaigner for civil rights, Barbara Dettering, and history teacher and boycott enthusiast Tracy O’Brien.
Credits:
Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer- Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews producers - Oli Foster
Interviews producers - Tatiana Alderson
Interviews producers - Megan Coutts
Archive - Simon Windsor
Music - Steven Wheeler
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