Race discrimination on Panorama, BBC programme

Item

Title
Race discrimination on Panorama, BBC programme
Location (Country)
England
Location (City)
England, London
Date
30 April 1970
Event Type
Political
Description
The Prime Minister and six other men were named in a complaint laid at Bow Street police station on April 30, 1970, under the 1965 Race Relations Act. Mr. Peter Tombs, of Evans Road, Eynsham. Oxfordshire, a writer, said statements inciting unlawful race discrimination had been made on the B.B.C.'s Panorama programme by Mr. Wilson, Mr. John Arlott, Mr. Peter Hain, Mr. Jeffrey Crawford, the Bishop of Woolwich, the Right Rev. David Sheppard, Mr. Dennis Brutus and Mr John Darragh. [From Excerpt of text]
People Referenced
Brutus, Dennis Vincent
Identifier
apdp.event.000060