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SUS law – a cause of the 1981 riots

The 70s 80s 90s Blog14 years ago6 years ago23 mins

The stop and search SUS laws were based on the Vagrancy Act of 1824 and caused massive resentment among black youth in the 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog14 years ago6 years ago03 mins

Contrary to what many think, youth in the 80s were often jobless and in dire poverty with one terrible training schemes to provide an income

The 70s 80s 90s Blog14 years ago4 years ago09 mins

1981 saw a riot in Coventry over racism attended by boxer Errol Christie while The Specials played a gig of unity at The Butts stadium

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago6 years ago05 mins

Oi! anti-racism may seem like a contradiction in terms but some Oi! bands wanted to burnish their anti-racism credentials in 1981

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago116 mins

The Special Patrol Group was a Metropolitan unit that became very unpopular in the 1970s and was blamed for the 1981 riots in Brixton