Tag: Britain
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Paul Stephenson at Wesley Chapel, Bristol BHM 2005
Paul speaks of the Bristol bus boycott as my fight. At this event, he speaks about the history of Black History Month, the connection to Bristol and translatlantic slavery; his English-born black family going back 200 years; his public fights in the 1960s and the needs for education, especially for black children. The talk at…
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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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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.…