A commemorative 60th-anniversary design will remain on the Bristol First bus for a year.
By Alice Bouverie & Jasmine Ketibuah-FoleyA redecorated city bus has been unveiled celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Bristol bus boycott.
The subsequent campaign was a pivotal to the passing of the UK Race Relations Act 1965, which made racial discrimination unlawful in public places, as well as the Race Relations Act 1968, which extended the provisions to employment and housing.In 1963 the Bristol Omnibus Company withdrew Guy Bailey's offer of a job interviewLooking back 60 years ago to the boycott, Mr Bailey said the result of the campaign brought home the "significance of respect".
"I hope we can develop a true life for all people not just black people, but for everyone to work together. There is enough in the world for all of us." "The men and women of Bristol who came together and marched together changed the face of Britain through the Race Relations Act in 1965" he said.The bus did a tour through Bristol and ended at a bus boycott mural on Jamaica Street
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