Black and white on the buses: the 1963 colour bar dispute in
Oct 17, 2019 11:32:14 GMT
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Black and white on the buses: the 1963 colour bar dispute in Bristol (Aug 11 2017)
On this day, 17 September 1963, Raghbir Singh, a Sikh man, became the first person of colour to work on a bus in Bristol, England, after a mass campaign forced the dropping of the "colour bar" the previous month. The ban on hiring black or Asian workers was enforced by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the TGWU union, but after a four-month boycott workers voted to end the practice. This is a history of the dispute:
www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1212600472258434/?type=3&comment_id=1212604125591402
libcom.org/history/black-white-buses-1963-colour-bar-dispute-bristol?fbclid=IwAR3PZDaEI7NobxLFjfaN8ykBRubiucDNcT8LShiyiMvKYoezwRQ1ccIm_cg
On this day, 17 September 1963, Raghbir Singh, a Sikh man, became the first person of colour to work on a bus in Bristol, England, after a mass campaign forced the dropping of the "colour bar" the previous month. The ban on hiring black or Asian workers was enforced by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the TGWU union, but after a four-month boycott workers voted to end the practice. This is a history of the dispute:
www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1212600472258434/?type=3&comment_id=1212604125591402
libcom.org/history/black-white-buses-1963-colour-bar-dispute-bristol?fbclid=IwAR3PZDaEI7NobxLFjfaN8ykBRubiucDNcT8LShiyiMvKYoezwRQ1ccIm_cg