Activists who fought against racial discrimination in Bristol in 1963 are invited to parliament.
Guy Bailey, who was barred from a job interview in 1963, said: 'I am very proud of our achievement'Campaigners who organised Bristol's bus boycott 60 years ago have met politicians on a visit to parliament.
The boycott began in 1963, when the Bristol Omnibus Company refused to hire black drivers and Guy Bailey OBE was barred from a job interview."Not only for then, but for today and tomorrow," he added.
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