| Description | Press cuttings containing articles from local and national newspapers largely covering various industrial disputes in the West Midlands and elsewhere. There are also a smaller number of articles about racial discrimination in employment, housing and education during the 1960s, and the political atmosphere in the aftermath of Enoch Powell's speeches on immigration. Several articles contain information about the activities of anti-racist and progressive groups to combat racism.
Articles include: coverage of issues surrounding the education of immigrant children; reactions to Enoch Powell and the actions of Black Peoples Alliance; reactions to the 1971 Immigration Bill; the publication of a report entitled 'Colour and Citizenship' by the Institute of Race Relations 1969; debates on immigrant statistics, particularly the birth rate, and repatriation after Enoch Powell's speeches; the numbers of Kenya Asians entering Britain; the illegal entry of immigrants and the problem of smuggling; support of Enoch Powell's doctrine by some trade unions; coverage of the strike at Imperial Typewriter in Leicester; Sikh protests about the ban on Wolverhampton and Manchester bus employees wearing turbans; coverage of the strike at Dartmouth Auto Castings in Smethwick; Trade Union leaders boycott an international conference on race relations, coverage of the strike at R. Woolf Rubber Co; focus on bribery at factories in Leamington to enable Indian workers to get jobs; segregated toilet blocks at the Midland Motor Cylinder Company in Smethwick; black workers dismissed after a strike at Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd in Blackheath; the appointment of the first black headmaster in Britain; the 'brides for sale' scandal apparently instigated to beat immigration restrictions; demonstrations by the Black Peoples Alliance; speech on immigration made by the Home Secretary James Callaghan after Enoch Powell's speech; various reports on the Enoch Powell speeches and reactions them; reports on the intelligence of children ranked by social and ethnic grouping; the operation of a 'colour bar' in Smethwick public houses; report on racism in Smethwick including details of a pamphlet issued by Joshi, Shirley Fossick and Maurice Ludmer of the Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination 1965 [likely to be 'The Victims Speak'] |