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The Bristol Bus Boycott’s Impact
The Bristol Bus Boycott helped to change the law in England. It sparked the first of many laws that deal with equality but the immigration and nationality laws that spring up at the same time shows another side.In 1914 the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act declared that any person born within the British…
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Madge Dresser Archive
Dr Madge DresserBA (California), MSc (LSE), MSc (Bristol), PgDip, Radio, Film and Television (Bristol), DPhil (UWE), FRHistS. Dr Madge Dresser was a Reader in History at the University of The West of England. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Her work is concerned with questions of national identity,…
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Black Bristolians
The Bristol Bus boycott of 1963 was a key moment in the story of Black and African-Caribbean people in Bristol. Here is a small collection of interviews with some ‘Black Bristolians – People who made a difference’ – in the city. The ‘DVD’ includes interviews with Paul Stephenson and Guy Reid-Bailey, speaking to children at…
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Roy Hackett speaks to Glenfrome School
Roy Hackett speaks to Year 6 at Glenfrome in 2015. A whole host of experiences come to the fore, including his passion for learning and education, how he ran away from home, left Jamaica, came to England, started the “CCC”, fought the Bristol Bus Boycott, built Hinckley Point and became a foreman over white workers.…
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Mary Ingoldby
Mary was a central plank of our Research project on the Bristol Bus Boycott, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Mary led the oral history activity and workshops, bringing much valued knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for people’s history and testimony. Mary passed away in 2019 and an obituary can be found here – https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/18/mary-ingoldby-obituary. We…
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Owen Henry
Madge Dresser interviews Owen Henry in 1985.
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Roy Hackett
Interview with Mary Ingoldby and Firstborn, BBB history team https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/736515785/1783840cf2/transcript?ts=4100 An interview from 2011, carried out by Mary Ingoldby and the Firstborn team, for the HLF funded research project on the Bristol bus boycott. The Video above is one take. The audio below contains the other takes. Mary’s summary notes of audio above ROY HACKETT…
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Owen Henry – Animated Story by Emma Grant
https://vimeo.com/29772030 Animation: Emma Grant, Interview and Recording: Madge Dresser, Testimony: Owen Henry. Thanks to Madge Dresser for the recording – and all her work and generosity.
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The Story of the Bristol Bus Boycott by Mike and Gina
This audio piece was made by volunteers for the Black Englishman project with Firstborn Studios
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The Story of Bristol Bus boycott by HistoryPod