| Description | Press cuttings in this file largely consist of articles printed in local newspapers covering restrictions on immigration and medical tests carried out on immigrants; the election campaign of Peter Griffiths in Smethwick; and local politics and social issues in Smethwick during the 1960s, including education and housing issues for immigrant communities.
Articles include: focus on how the immigration issue affected the election campaign in Birmingham 1964; the operation of a 'colour bar' in hotels, shops, and school hall lettings, in Smethwick and elsewhere; racial discrimination and physical attacks on immigrants; black students evicted from lodgings; the campaign of the 'Racial Preservation Society' in the Birmingham area 1966; racist politics in general; statements by political parties on race, particularly immigration issues and policies; comments by individuals and organisations on 'colour bars',and racial discrimination.
Several cuttings contain quotes from members of the Indian Workers Association, particularly in relation to proposals to introduce separate classes in Smethwick for Indian children, denounced as a form of apartheid by Avtar Jouhl, and to demonstrations called or attended by the Indian Workers Association to fight successive immigration acts during the 1960s. Some cuttings are mounted on CCARD headed paper, suggesting that they may have been collected as part of the activities of that organisation. Some cuttings are grouped together and filed together under headings. There is also an article about elections at Indian Workers Association (Southall), and other articles about events held by Indian Workers Association branches.
The file includes a sequence of photocopied pages from 'The National Socialist' fascist newspaper 1963 containing articles about Colin Jordan and Hitler. |