Race Relations Act 1968

Race Relations Act 1968

The Race Relations Act 1968 was a British Act of Parliament making it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins. It also created the Community Relations Commission to promote 'harmonious community relations'. [cite web
url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2000/rp00-027.pdf
title=Research Paper: The Race Relations Amendment Bill
date=March 8th 2000
publisher=The Parliament of the United Kingdom
]

The 1968 was superseded by the Race Relations Act 1976.

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