Institute of Race Relations newspaper cuttings
29 Mar-11 Apr 1978
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Topics include:
- Public and political responses to immigration, including international students
- Commons Select Committee report on Race and Immigration is published. Sandwells Committee against Racism and Fascism (SCARF) criticised the report as ‘bigoted’. The file contains various reports on this.
- Shadow Home Secretary, William Whitelaw, releases Conservative immigration policy, which offers plan to limit immigration. Margaret Thatcher supports the policy, but it is widely criticised by Labour, anti-racism groups and some Tory backbenchers.
- The Church publically condemns racism, supports a multi-cultural society and opposes the National Front.
- The National Front are mentioned throughout the file, particularly in Lambeth and Brixton.
- Trevor Phillips becomes the first black leader of the National Union of Students.
- Several articles on discrimination in schools, in employment and in policing.
- Some Trade Unions refuse membership to National Front members
- Liberals fail to back black candidate in Nuneaton.
- Enoch Powell calls for repatriation.
Title:
Institute of Race Relations newspaper cuttings
Date of work:
29 Mar-11 Apr 1978
Reference number:
GB3228.1/9
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Institute of Race Relations Newspaper Cuttings (GB3228.1)
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Record types:
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre
Language:
English
Record number:
8909098