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1. stillwerise.uk › 2020/10/06 › paul-stephensonPAUL STEPHENSON - Still We Rise

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   Oct 1, 2020 · In 1964 it was legal in the UK to refuse service on the basis of someone’s skin colour – and Black and Asian people found themselves turned away not just from pubs but from working men’s clubs – and even from housing and jobs. Stephenson’s one-man sit-in was a way of protesting about this.

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2. www.thisislocallondon.co.uk › youngreporterBlack History Month: Paul Stephenson | This Is Local London

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   Oct 28, 2020 · One reason why I believe Paul Stephenson helped change Britain’s discrimination laws was his one-man sit in which was caused by the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ Black...

3. www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk › article › sectionPaul Stephenson - The Civil rights pioneer led a victorious ...

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   May 22, 2021 · His resulting arrest and trial paved the way for the first Race Relations Act in 1965. The Bristol bus boycott and Paul’s own case helped to thrust race into the national limelight and change public opinion about the treatment of black people living in Britain.

4. www.bristolpost.co.uk › news › bristol-newsPaul Stephenson’s daughter's ‘pride’ at her father’s bravery

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   May 6, 2024 · His one-man sit-in protest at the pub and the 60-day Bristol Bus Boycott were both seen as instrumental in leading to the 1965 Race Relations Act. The legislation outlawed...

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-bristol-68882803Bristol Bus Boycott legacy celebrated by mayor Marvin Rees - BBC

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   Apr 25, 2024 · On 10 April, 1964, Mr Stephenson began a one-person sit-in at the Bay Horse Pub in Bristol.

6. resources.finalsite.net › images › v1638976246Paul Stephenson A civil rights activist who paved the way for ...

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   Paul refused to move and started a one-man sit-in. Police were called and he spent the night in jail and his subsequent trial hit the national news. Slow change. The charges against Paul were dropped but he was now known as a civil rights activist.

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   Why was Stephenson a one-man sit-in?

   • Stephenson’s one-man sit-in was a way of protesting about this. Stephenson was the first Black youth worker to be given that position in Bristol and fresh from leading a successful boycott of the city’s bus company.

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   Who was Paul Stephenson?

   • Paul Stephenson - The Civil rights pioneer led a victorious boycott against a racist bus company, paving the way for Britain's first race laws. - Black History Month 2024 Home > Civil Rights Movement > Paul Stephenson – The Civil rights pioneer led a victorious boycott against a racist bus company, paving the way for Britain’s first race laws.

   Paul Stephenson - The Civil rights pioneer led a victorious boycott

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   What did Stephenson do for black people in Britain?

   • This was a huge achievement for Stephenson and Black people in Britain as it overturned the colour bar but more importantly, paved the way for the Race Relations Act of 1965. Paul said of the campaign “If you were a young black person living in Britain, you couldn’t be a policeman, an ambulance man or fireman.

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   What did Robert Stephenson do for a living?

   • Robert Stephenson expanded on the work of his father and became a major railway engineer himself. Abroad, Robert was involved in the Alexandria–Cairo railway that later connected with the Suez Canal. George Stephenson's daughter was born in 1805 but died within weeks of her birth.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › George_StephensonGeorge Stephenson - Wikipedia

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   George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. [1] Renowned as the "Father of Railways", [2] Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.