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The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 arose from the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ Black or Asian bus crews in ... Owen Henry had met Paul Stephenson ...
In 1963 Stephenson established that the bus company was indeed operating a colour bar and inspired by the example of Rosa Parks' refusal to move off a "whites only" bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott, a Bristol Bus Boycott was organised. [10] [11]
Mr Stephenson helped to rally thousands of people for a boycott in 1963 against the Bristol Omnibus Company.
Henry introduced Paul Stephenson, who was the city's first black youth officer, to the group, who then became their spokesperson. The group were inspired by Rosa Parks' activism and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and decided to hold their own Bristol Bus Boycott, which they announced at a press conference on 29 April 1963.
– Paul Stephenson, the civil rights campaigner known for his prominent role in the Bristol Bus Boycott, died aged 87. Mr Stephenson helped to rally thousands of people for a 60-day boycott in ...
Montgomery Bus Boycott. One of the most famous examples of successful boycotting comes from the early Civil Rights era, when in 1955 Claudette Colvin and later Rosa Parks sparked an anti ...
[2] [27] The company opened Bristol bus station in Marlborough Street in 1958, and Bath bus station in Manvers Street in the same year. [28] [29] In 1963, the company attracted national attention when its operation of a colour bar, denying employment to non-white bus crews resulted in a 60-day boycott, led by youth worker Paul Stephenson. [30]
Paul Stephenson, 87, British community worker and civil rights activist (Bristol Bus Boycott), complications from dementia. [ 47 ] Amos Utuama , 77, Nigerian politician, deputy governor of Delta State (2007–2015).