Bristol bus boycott: The breakthrough in race relations

On the same day that Martin Luther King pursued his dream in America, a group of Bristolians boycotted buses, changing the face of civil rights in the UK. <br /><br />The campaign led to the Bristol Omnibus Company lifting its “colour bar” on employment, and paved the way for the UK’s Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1968.<br /><br />On this episode of the Sky News Daily Podcast, host Noel Phillips speaks Roy Hackett, who was part of the 1963 Bristol protests, long-term campaigner for civil rights, Barbara Dettering, and history teacher and boycott enthusiast Tracy O’Brien.<br /><br />Credits:<br />Daily podcast team:<br />Podcast producer - Annie Joyce<br />Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers<br />Podcast producer- Emma Rae Woodhouse<br />Interviews producers - Oli Foster<br />Interviews producers - Tatiana Alderson<br />Interviews producers - Megan Coutts<br />Archive - Simon Windsor<br />Music - Steven Wheeler