ATV Today: 25.07.1979: Racial Prejudice in Birmingham Schools

Summary

Enquiry into possible racial prejudice in Birmingham schools to be made by the Commission for Racial Equality, where more black children are suspended than white.

Year:

1979

Duration:

0:02:11

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Shots of children in school playground (part removed). Shot of the Birmingham Education Committee Chairman, Neil Scrimshaw leaving the Council House. Rob Whitehouse talks to him about the committee's opposition to the forthcoming inquiry and his appeal to the Home Secretary to limit the powers of the Commission. Also discussing his belief that any such inquiry will only aggravate the situation. The item ends with further shots showing children entering a school and views in a classroom at a multi-racial school.


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