Paul Stephenson, who has died aged 87, played a pivotal role in the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott, an event that helped to pave the way for the Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1968. Stephenson – who ...

Roy Hackett, who was instrumental in the 1963 Bristol bus boycott, recalls the events that sparked the anti-racist protests The media was lobbied tirelessly by the indefatigable Stephenson.

In 1963, there was another protest against the bad treatment of black people. It was called the Bristol Bus Boycott, and it led to changes in the law. A boycott is when people refuse to use a ...

It was in April 1963 that Mr Hackett, now 92, led the Bristol bus boycott. He stood with other civil rights leaders and marched through the city centre seeking to end discrimination in employment.

On April 29, 1963, the coalition announced that no Blacks would ride the bus the subsequent day. The April 30 bus boycott garnered national support and disapproval. Bristol University students who ...

Paul Stephenson, pictured at the front, lead the Bristol Bus Boycott in 1963. During the spring and summer of 1963, civil rights campaigners in Bristol began a movement which would spark change ...

A specially designed bus to mark the 60th anniversary of the Bristol Bus Boycott has been unveiled. The winner of the competition to design the double decker bus says she hopes she has given the ...

The boycott was organised in response to Mr Bailey being denied a job at the Bristol Omnibus Company in 1963, because of its policy to only hire white people to work on the buses. The Bristol ...

In 1963, he helped lead the 60-day boycott of the Bristol Omnibus company alongside Roy Hacket MBE and Guy Bailey OBE. At the time it was legal for British firms to discriminate based on skin colour.

Paul Stephenson, OBE, was speaking after the unveiling of a plaque earlier this year at the city’s bus station to celebrate the Bristol Bus Boycott campaign of 1963. The boycott, which forced ...

Roy Hackett, who was instrumental in the 1963 Bristol bus boycott, recalls the events that sparked the anti-racist protests The media was lobbied tirelessly by the indefatigable Stephenson.

It was in April 1963 that Mr Hackett, now 92, led the Bristol bus boycott. He stood with other civil rights leaders and marched through the city centre seeking to end discrimination in employment.