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Our Journey by Miranda Rae

Sound Women SW Network•www.djmcmiranda.com
Society & Culture
Documentary
Our Journey is a 6 part series and tells the story of the UK's first civil rights campaign in 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott. It hears from experts about the impact and significance it had then and today. As well as original activists Roy Hackett, Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering, the series will feature contributions from the Windrush Generation, describing their compelling journeys and telling the often shocking stories of their arrival and first years in the UK.
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Ep 1 Our Journey - 15 mins

Our Journey - Episode 1 features Historian and Playwright Dr Edson Burton, Professor Madge Dresser as well some of the original activists including Paul Stephenson, Roy Hackett, Barbara Dettering, Guy Bailey and Owen Henry. We also hear Lyn Douglas sharing her experiences of when she 1st arrived in the UK from the Caribbean. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat...

Feb 18, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Our Journey - Trailer

Our Journey is a 6 part series and tells the story of the UK's first civil rights campaign in 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott. It hears from experts about the impact and significance it had then and today. As well as original activists Roy Hackett, Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering, the series will feature contributions from the Windrush Generation, describing their compelling journeys and telling the often shocking stories of their arrival and first years in the UK....

Feb 18, 2022•58 sec

Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae - Series Trailer

Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American civil rights groups were fighting for employment and racial equality, South Africa was in the grip of the Apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela had just been sentenced to life in prison. Whilst in the UK it was legal to racially discriminate. This series tells the story of th...

May 10, 2021•1 min

Ep 6 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey Episode 6 - In this final episode of Our Journey we pay tribute to the St Paul's Carnival the first of its kind in the UK. We hear from the Europe’s 1st Black elected Mayor Marvin Rees, founders Roy Hackett and Barbara Dettering. Poet Miles Chambers takes us on a journey of the history of St Pauls Carnival and the phenomenon of Bristol's music culture which is world renowned. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, A...

May 10, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Ep 5 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey Episode 5 features David Lammy MP and the Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees and elders of the Windrush Generation recounting their journey's and stories to the UK, Pearl Quashi-Williams, Madge Williams and Iva Williams, mother of Drum & Bass innovator Roni Size. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American ci...

May 10, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Ep 4 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey Episode 4 continues to explore the significance of the Bristol Bus Boycott and the Windrush Generation and features Community Activist Sister Jendayi Serwah and Author and Lecturer Roger Griffith MBE. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American civil rights groups were fighting for employment and racial equ...

May 10, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Ep 3 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey Episode 3 features Professor Madge Dresser, Historian and the first person to document the Bristol Bus Boycott in a pamphlet called "Black & White on the Buses". Some say if it wasn't for Madge no one would have remembered the Bristol Bus Boycott and the impact it had on the Race Relations acts. This episode also features the journeys and stories of some of the Windrush Generation Barbara Dettering one of activists of the Bristol Bus Boycott and founder of St Paul's Carnival, plu...

May 10, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Ep 2 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey Episode 2 features Vernon Samuels, Olympian, inspirational speaker, member of the Kingdom Choir that performed at the Royal Wedding of Harry and Megan in front of 1.9 billion people and son of Bristol's 1st Black Bus Driver, Norman Samuels. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American civil rights groups wer...

May 10, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Ep 1 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey - Episode 1 features Historian and Playwright Dr Edson Burton, Professor Madge Dresser as well some of the original activists including Paul Stephenson, Roy Hackett, Barbara Dettering, Guy Bailey and Owen Henry. We also hear Lyn Douglas sharing her experiences of when she 1st arrived in the UK from the Caribbean. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat...

May 10, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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