Tag: Curiosity UnLtd

Pints, plaques, and protests: Curiosity UnLtd honours Bristol’s civil rights legacy with ‘sit-in’ tribute, Designs4Change and Clear Channel UK

Stuart Mitchell

Curiosity UnLtd, in partnership with Clear Channel, commemorated a pivotal moment in Britain’s civil rights history with a tribute to Paul Stephenson and the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott. Activists, community leaders, and pioneers of the Boycott gathered at the Bay Horse Pub on 25 October for a mass sit-in, paying homage to Paul Stephenson’s protest of the pub’s discriminatory Colour Bar policy. In 1964, Paul Stephenson OBE, staged a one-person sit-in at the Bay Horse pub to challenge the policy. His arrest and subsequent trial gained…

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Clear Channel and Curiosity UnLtd partner to launch Designs4Change competition marking 60 years since the Bristol Bus Boycott

Stuart Mitchell

Clear Channel UK and Curiosity UnLtd is calling all animators, illustrators, and graphic designers to commemorate the Bristol Bus Boycott as part of the latter’s flagship campaign, Bristol Bus Boycott 360.     Presented in partnership with Clear Channel, the campaign seeks to honour three of the UK’s most successful Black-led protests. This includes the victory of the Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963, Paul Stephenson’s one-man sit-in of the Bay Horse Pub in 1964, and the passing of the 1965 Race Relations Act.  Working with corporate, civic, and community changemakers, Curiosity…

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