How the Bristol bus boycott changed Britain
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🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:40.6 | History Revealed. This April marks a 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Bristol bus boycott. |
| 0:57.4 | A campaign to overturn the bar on black and Asian conductors and drivers working on buses in the city. |
| 1:04.5 | The boycott turned into a core celeb, attracting the support of figures such as Harold Wilson and Leary Constantine, |
| 1:11.9 | and also paved the way for landmark legislation on racial discrimination. |
| 1:17.0 | Spencer Mizan spoke to historian and researcher Hannah Cusworth to find out more. |
| 1:22.4 | So Hannah, April marks the 60th anniversary of the Bristol Bus Boycott, which is a landmark moment in the campaign for racial equality in Britain. |
| 1:35.2 | But before diving into it in detail, I wonder if you could start by giving our listeners a quick introduction to the boycott. What were the main milestones |
| 1:48.0 | in this incident? Sure. So it began, as you said, in April. And I guess the kind of big trigger |
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