| Description | Press cuttings from national and local newspapers containing articles focusing on race relations legislation, particularly the 1965 Race Relations Act, and the activities of the Race Relations Board.
These articles include: report on proposals for what eventually became Race Relations Act; the visit of Oscar Hahn, member of the Race Relations Board, to South Africa; the work of conciliation committees set up by the Race Relations Board, including the West Midlands Conciliation Committee; statements by Mark Bonham Carter, chairman of the Race Relations Board, on attitudes towards race in Britain; the reactions of politicians to the Race Relations bill; the prosecution of individuals and organisations under the new legislation; coverage of the intervention of the Race Relations Board in a dispute between the Indian Workers Association and a public house in Wolverhampton; Conservative attempts to limit the scope of the legislation and fears that it could create 'separate but equal' form of apartheid; explanations of the terms of the Bill; reports giving the opinions of those who opposed the Bill including the Conservative MP Jill Knight, apparently because of fears of positive discrimination, and right wing groups like the Racial Preservation Society; plans by Conservatives to limit the number of immigrants entering UK after a speech by Edward Heath autumn 1968 and the views of the Labour party conference on the Race Relations Act; politicians views on the attitudes of immigrants; discussion of whether a clause of the Race Relations Act covering racial discrimination should be added to the police disciplinary code; letters to newspaper editors about the Race Relations Act, coverage of the publication of the Political and Economic Planning [PEP] report demanding the extension of the 1965 Race Relations Act to cover employment, housing and insurance.
The file also contains articles on other topics relating to race relations, including a report about Shirley Fossick and her sister acting as hosts for two sisters from Yugoslavia, early 1960s; plans for the census to identify immigrants; an article from the Birmingham University student newspaper 'Redbrick' on Enoch Powell's forthcoming speech at the university June 1968 and the dispute between people supporting freedom of speech and those strongly opposed to Powell being invited; several other articles about protests against Powell including coverage of protests at Birmingham University by supporters of Black Peoples Alliance; report on a public debate on immigration held in Leicester as a result of Powell's speech; report on the extent of racial prejudice in Birmingham; articles on the actions of fascist and other far right groups, particularly the prosecution of Colin Jordan. |