Roy Hackett…

Posted : 3 Aug, 2022 05:41 AM

Civil rights campaigner Roy Hackett, described as a humble freedom fighter”, has died at the age of 93.

Mr Hackett was one of the organisers of Bristol bus boycott, a successful campaign to overturn a ban by Bristol omnibus company on employing black and Asian drivers & conductors.

The bus protests saw the company change its policies and helped pave the way for the race relations acts of 1965 and 1968…

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