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Plaque to remember rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy
September 23, 2020 By Faith Matters

Plaque to remember rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy

A plaque is being unveiled on Thursday to honour a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy in the 1960s. A ceremony will be held at Chatham station in Kent in memory of Asquith Xavier, who played a key role in ending the last vestiges of racist colour bars. On August 15 1966, the […]

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