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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16 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
National Union <strong>of</strong> Journalists boycott coverage <strong>of</strong> National Front meetings after some <strong>of</strong> its members are<br />
refused entry <strong>to</strong> meetings due <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir skin colour<br />
17 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
West Indian community faces crisis according <strong>to</strong> conservative cabinet minister, Peter Walker, if unemployment<br />
<strong>and</strong> bad housing is not tackled<br />
South Yorkshire county council calls for a ban on upcoming National Front march in Ro<strong>the</strong>rham<br />
18 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
Sowe<strong>to</strong> massacre <strong>of</strong> student protes<strong>to</strong>rs in South Africa<br />
19 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
300 march in Cardiff <strong>to</strong> show solidarity with those murdered in Sowe<strong>to</strong><br />
20 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
Bengali family in Popular East forced <strong>to</strong> flee hosing estate after repeated attacks<br />
21 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
Asian community leaders visit Downing Street <strong>to</strong> deliver word <strong>of</strong> declining race relations <strong>to</strong> PM Callaghan, with<br />
concern about <strong>the</strong> East End where assaults on members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> community <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir property occur nightly<br />
21 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
4000 strong anti-racist march in Ro<strong>the</strong>rham<br />
W<strong>and</strong>sworth community despair as at<strong>to</strong>rney general Sam Silkin decides not <strong>to</strong> prosecute NF c<strong>and</strong>idate after<br />
distributing leaflet inciting racial hatred<br />
23 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
Clashes in Nottingham as teddy boys assault black residents in <strong>the</strong> local area<br />
Robert Relf released from prison after hunger strike, upon release refused <strong>to</strong> remove sign outside house<br />
stating it was for sale <strong>to</strong> 'an English family' for which he was originally imprisoned<br />
24 June <strong>1976</strong><br />
Largest ever emergency meeting called by Barking Community Relations Council <strong>to</strong> decide on programme <strong>to</strong><br />
deal with racism locally<br />
Racial violence reached levels not seen since events <strong>of</strong> Autumn 1958 in Notting Hill <strong>and</strong> Nottingham<br />
Six black women beat up by police at Burning Spear nighclub Harlesden – afterwards <strong>the</strong>re is a picket outside<br />
Harlesden police station<br />
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