How the Bristol bus boycott changed Britain
How the Bristol bus boycott changed Britain  
Podcast: History Extra podcast
Published On: Thu Apr 27 2023
Description: This April marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Bristol bus boycott in 1963, a campaign to overturn a bar on black and Asian conductors and drivers working on buses in the city. Hannah Cusworth tells Spencer Mizen how a group of activists turned the boycott into a cause celebre, and paved the way for landmark legislation against racial discrimination in Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices