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Paul Stephenson -- 'Britain's Rosa Parks' [13min @ 26:21]

In 1955, a black woman called Rosa Parks was told by a bus driver in the US state of Alabama to give up her seat for a white passenger. When she refused, her arrest led to a widespread bus boycott which ultimately helped bring about the end of racial segregation in the United States. Among those inspired by her was Paul Stephenson, a young black man in the western English city of Bristol. In the early sixties, he led a protest against a local bus company which refused to employ black bus drivers. His action is credited with helping to pave the way for the UK's first race relations legislation. Forty years since its introduction, Outlook talks to Paul Stephenson about what he achieved.
Read entire article at BBC World Service "Outlook"