1960s case study 2
At the 1964 election, Conservative MP Peter Griffiths infamously won the Smethwick seat after a campaign employing the slogan: "If you want a for a neighbour, vote Liberal or Labour".
Shirley Cooper, who came from the Caribbean to live in Birmingham at the same time, says: "People weren't prepared. They came here and didn't have all the things that they thought they'd have.
They were used to seeing signs in windows, reading: "No Blacks. No Irish. No Dogs."
They had no option but to cram their often large families into tiny homes.
What was it like to be black in the 1960s
no vote
aggression
obama
no equal jobs
called dirty
Shirley Cooper, who came from the Caribbean to live in Birmingham at the same time, says: "People weren't prepared. They came here and didn't have all the things that they thought they'd have.
They were used to seeing signs in windows, reading: "No Blacks. No Irish. No Dogs."
They had no option but to cram their often large families into tiny homes.What was it like to be black in the 1960s
no vote
aggression
obama
no equal jobs
called dirty
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