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Rear face of a Holborn Trades Council leaflet promoting a 1943 anti-discrimination meeting, and citing the cases of Amelia King and Learie Constantine (transcription). In the United Kingdom, racial segregation occurred in pubs, workplaces, shops and other commercial premises, which operated a colour bar where non-white customers were banned from using certain rooms and facilities. [1]
black people were more than five times as likely to have force used against them by police as white people. black, Asian and minority ethnic people constituted a quarter of the prison population, despite representing just 14% of the population. black, Asian and minority ethnic people constituted half of all prisoners in young offenders ...
The Race Relations Act 1965 (c. 73) was the first legislation in the United Kingdom to address racial discrimination.. The act outlawed discrimination on the "grounds of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins" in public places in Great Britain.
Morale among black troops stationed in England improved, and the rates of courts-martial fell. Although there were several more racial incidents between black and white American troops in Britain during the war, none was on the scale of that of Bamber Bridge. [1] [5]
Although racial segregation was never made legal in the UK, pubs, workplaces, shops and other commercial premises operated a "colour bar" where non-white customers were banned from using certain rooms and facilities. [130] Segregation also operated in the 20th century in certain professions, [131] in housing and even at Buckingham Palace. [132]
The 1991 UK census was the first to include a question on ethnicity.As of the 2011 UK census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) allow people in England and Wales and Northern Ireland who self-identify as "Black" to select "Black African", "Black Caribbean" or "Any other Black/African/Caribbean background" tick boxes. [2]
The Park Street riot occurred in Park Street and George Street Bristol, England, on 15 July 1944 when many black US servicemen (GIs) refused to return to their camps after US military policemen (MPs) arrived to end a minor fracas. More MPs were sent, up to 120 in total, and Park Street was closed with buses.
The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom which aimed to address racial discrimination and promote racial equality. The commission was established in 1976, and disbanded in 2007 when its functions were taken over by the newly created Equality and Human Rights Commission.