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Race Relations Act 1965
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.
It also prompted the creation of the Race Relations Board in 1966. This would consist of a chairman and two other members appointed by the Secretary of State. Its remit was to consider complaints under the Act.
The UK saw an influx of economic migrants after World War II, many from British colonies or former colonies; those from the Caribbean are known as the Windrush generation. By the time the 1965 bill was introduced, there was a population of almost a million immigrants living in Britain. The Museum of London states that "casual 'colour prejudice' was part of daily life" for many. The left-wing Member of Parliament Fenner Brockway had introduced a bill to put a stop to racial discrimination eight times from 1956 to 1964. In 1958, London saw the Notting Hill riots, and in 1963 the Bristol Bus Boycott occurred.
The Government of Northern Ireland successfully lobbied the Government of the United Kingdom for Northern Ireland to be excluded from the territorial extent of the Race Relations Act 1965 and for religion to excluded from being considered a "racial" criterion.
The act was drafted by Home Secretary Frank Soskice with some cross-party cooperation.
The bill was given royal assent on 8 November 1965 and began to be enforced on 8 December. The act made it a civil offence (rather than a criminal offence) to refuse to serve a person, to serve someone with unreasonable delay, or to overcharge, on the grounds of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins. The Act also created the offence of "incitement to racial hatred".
The first conviction under the act came in October 1967, when a 17-year-old member of the National Socialist Party was found guilty of racial discrimination at Middlesex Area Sessions. The leader of the British National Socialist Movement, Colin Jordan, was also successfully prosecuted under the Act and jailed for 18 months in 1967.
Race Relations Act 1965
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.
It also prompted the creation of the Race Relations Board in 1966. This would consist of a chairman and two other members appointed by the Secretary of State. Its remit was to consider complaints under the Act.
The UK saw an influx of economic migrants after World War II, many from British colonies or former colonies; those from the Caribbean are known as the Windrush generation. By the time the 1965 bill was introduced, there was a population of almost a million immigrants living in Britain. The Museum of London states that "casual 'colour prejudice' was part of daily life" for many. The left-wing Member of Parliament Fenner Brockway had introduced a bill to put a stop to racial discrimination eight times from 1956 to 1964. In 1958, London saw the Notting Hill riots, and in 1963 the Bristol Bus Boycott occurred.
The Government of Northern Ireland successfully lobbied the Government of the United Kingdom for Northern Ireland to be excluded from the territorial extent of the Race Relations Act 1965 and for religion to excluded from being considered a "racial" criterion.
The act was drafted by Home Secretary Frank Soskice with some cross-party cooperation.
The bill was given royal assent on 8 November 1965 and began to be enforced on 8 December. The act made it a civil offence (rather than a criminal offence) to refuse to serve a person, to serve someone with unreasonable delay, or to overcharge, on the grounds of colour, race, or ethnic or national origins. The Act also created the offence of "incitement to racial hatred".
The first conviction under the act came in October 1967, when a 17-year-old member of the National Socialist Party was found guilty of racial discrimination at Middlesex Area Sessions. The leader of the British National Socialist Movement, Colin Jordan, was also successfully prosecuted under the Act and jailed for 18 months in 1967.
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