23 min listen
How the Bristol bus boycott changed Britain
How the Bristol bus boycott changed Britain
ratings:
Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This April marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Bristol bus boycott in 1963, a campaign to overturn a bar on black and Asian conductors and drivers working on buses in the city. Hannah Cusworth tells Spencer Mizen how a group of activists turned the boycott into a cause celebre, and paved the way for landmark legislation against racial discrimination in Britain.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Released:
Apr 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
History Extra podcast - June 2007: Professor Ian Kershaw discusses the major decisions and turning points of the Second World War. by History Extra podcast