we join celestina olulode in bristol with five important stories from black british history.hat this programme contains language that some may find offensive. hello. i'm celestina olulode, and welcome to this very special edition of witness history from the m shed museum in bristol. this month, we are getting first—hand accounts of some important moments in black british history. coming up, the uk's first caribbean carnival set up to showcase west indian culture. we travel back over 100 years, to hear a witness to liverpool's 1919 race riots. we meet britain's first black female head teacher. and we're in manchester to discover a legendary nightclub that became a haven for the city's black and mixed heritage communities. but we start here in the city of bristol, where, in 1963, and 18—year—old called guy bailey wanted to get a job working on buses like this one here. he secured an interview, but when he arrived, the bus company turned him away because he was black. now, despite this being racist, it was completely legal in the uk at the time. the treatment guy faced sparked a

celestina olulode reports. i can visualise it like it was yesterday.r, tony. in her new autobiography, she writes how her father was violent towards her mother too, whilst she and her brother were in bed. she doesn't know that her two kids that are in the room hearing everything. she is trying to be strong in a totally different way and we're trying to be strong for her but can't help her. the 37—year—old's father denies all the claims. your father has spoken to the daily mail... yeah. and he has denied ever being violent, but does acknowledge he was strict and the quote to the paper was, he said, i was never violent. that'sjust not me. i never beat alex or anyone else in the family or did anything like that. strict, if you are saying being beaten with a belt is just being strict, i can take that. i really don't care about me. what i do care is about my mum and the fear and the terror that she had to live in. and the fact i was never able to help her. scott says she wishes she had spoken about it sooner. what i will do is do all i can to help women in

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