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Witness History: Racial Equality on the Dance Floor

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Racial Equality on the Dance Floor

24/11/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Racial Equality on the Dance Floor

A nightclub in the British city of Birmingham was forced to lift its racial restrictions

A nightclub in the British city of Birmingham was forced to lift its racial restrictions after the country's Commission for Racial Equality ruled their entry policy racist.

In November 1978 a British nightclub in the city of Birmingham was forced to lift its restrictions on black and Chinese people after the country's Commission for Racial Equality ruled their entry policy racist. It was one of the first cases of its kind in the UK. Witness has been hearing from David Hinds, vocalist for the Birmingham based British Reggae Band, Steel Pulse. 

(Photo: Reggae Band, Steel Pulse performing on Top of the pops 1978)

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