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Why I’ll Never Stop Fighting Racism
Episode 4 of 5
Anti-racism pioneer Roy Hackett reveals the extraordinary level of racism he faced when he first arrived in the UK in the 1950s - and why he's spent much of his life fighting it.
Roy Hackett faced an extraordinary level of racism when he first arrived in the UK in the 1950s. Roy's experiences inspired him to become an anti-racism campaigner. He helped to organise the Bristol bus boycott in 1963, after the company refused to hire black and Asian staff. In this moving interview he reflects on a lifetime fighting racism - and promises never to give up.