Coming of Age : 1976 and the Road to Anti-Racism
Coming of Age : 1976 and the Road to Anti-Racism by Jagdish Patel and Suresh Grover
Coming of Age : 1976 and the Road to Anti-Racism
by Jagdish Patel and Suresh Grover
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Timeline <strong>of</strong> events in<br />
<strong>1976</strong><br />
03 January <strong>1976</strong><br />
LB Ealing council faces criticism over continued 'bussing' <strong>of</strong> Asian school children <strong>to</strong> areas where schools<br />
capable <strong>of</strong> accommodating <strong>the</strong>m exist instead <strong>of</strong> building infrastructure in <strong>the</strong> local area <strong>to</strong> accommodate<br />
<strong>the</strong>m, claimed <strong>the</strong> policy <strong>of</strong> doing so contravenes <strong>the</strong> Race Relations Act<br />
Enoch Powell inflames debate about racism by highlighting 'quietly corrected' net immigration figures<br />
21 January <strong>1976</strong><br />
Civil rights pioneer Paul Robeson dies<br />
23 January <strong>1976</strong><br />
Paul Robeson dies in Philadelphia<br />
01 February <strong>1976</strong><br />
First reading <strong>of</strong> Race Relations Act <strong>1976</strong> in House <strong>of</strong> Commons<br />
07 February <strong>1976</strong><br />
Runnymede Trust criticizes <strong>the</strong> Race Relations Commission's plan not <strong>to</strong> take up individual cases <strong>of</strong><br />
discrimination<br />
12 February <strong>1976</strong><br />
Report reveals hundreds <strong>of</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>an Asians who sought refuge in Engl<strong>and</strong> three years’ prior now live in<br />
poverty <strong>and</strong> destitution<br />
National Front picket outside Heathrow <strong>and</strong> Gatwick airport<br />
03 March <strong>1976</strong><br />
The BBC is criticised for platforming racist propag<strong>and</strong>a on 'Open Door' programme<br />
04 March <strong>1976</strong><br />
Application for injunction against broadcasting <strong>of</strong> programme by 'British Campaign <strong>to</strong> S<strong>to</strong>p Immigration'<br />
submitted. It also faces protest at <strong>the</strong> Birmingham <strong>and</strong> Glasgow studios for rerunning racist TV programme<br />
produced by 'British Campaign <strong>to</strong> S<strong>to</strong>p Immigration'<br />
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