For Inside Housing magazine, I wrote about the 1965 Race Relations Act, the first piece of race equality legislation in the UK.
Sixty years ago, a Labour government was facing pressure to restrict migration. Race relations were at a low point following a series of race riots over the preceding years, protests against discrimination and a shock 1964 election defeat in Smethwick, where Conservative candidate Peter Griffiths defeated the incumbent Labour MP using the slogan “if you want a n***** for a neighbour, vote Labour”.
Read the full article here.
Samir Jeraj - Freelance Journalist 