Knowledge organisers 4: social: 1951-64 Flashcards
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Derek Bentley
A British man who was hanged for the murder of a policeman during a burglary, his friend/ accomplice was not executed due to being too young. The case became controversial and led to an increase in the number of people questioning the death penalty
Raymond and Majbritt Morrison
The assault against Majbritt is often accounted to the trigger of the race riots. While in an argument with her husband a group of white people attempted to intervene, with a small fight breaking out between them. Later Majbritt was verbally and physically assaulted by a gang of white youths, throwing milk bottles, calling her racial slurs like “Black man’s Trollope” and some stated she was hit in the back with an iron bar
Oswald Mosley
An English politician who was leader of the British Union of Fascists from 1932 to 1940 and its successor, the Union Movement, from 1948 until his death
Kelso Cochrane
A 32 year old, Antiguan carpenter, living in Notting Hill up until his death through a racially motivated attack on Southampton Street in May 1959
Roy Jenkins
Politician and writer who served as the sixth President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981, and served as chancellor of the Exchequer and home secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan government
Private members bill
A type of public bill that can be introduces by either members of the House of Commons or House of Lords who are not ministers. Less parliamentary time is given to such bills, and therefore only a minority of them become law
Wolfenden Report
A landmark report published in 1957 paving the way for the decriminalisation of same-sex activity in England and Wales in 1967
“Pansies Charter”
The name The Sunday Express dubbed the Wolfenden report after its release
Homosexual Law Reform Society
Founded in 1958 to campaign for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK. Played a key role in the push for the Sexual Offences Act, 1967
Homicide Act 1957
An act to make amendments of the law relating to homicide and the trial and punishment of murder, creating several new categories, including murder under provocation, diminished responsibility, and suicide pacts
British Nationality Act 1948
Defined British nationality by creating the status of “Citizen of the UK and colonies” as the sole national citizenship of the UK and of its colonies
Empire Windrush
A passenger motor ship that was launched in Germany in 1930. In 1948, Empire Windrush arrived at the Port of Tilbury coast near London, carrying 1,027 passengers and two stowaways who embarked at Trinidad, Jamaica, Mexico and Bermuda. While the passengers included people from many parts of the world, the great majority were West Indian.
Nottingham riots 1958
A race riot occurred on the streets of Nottingham, England, which was a pre-cursor to the mass violence that followed a week later in the London district of Notting Hill. The riot was sparked over opposition to interracial romance. In late August and early September 1958, the London area of Notting Hill was the scene of racially motivated riots, in which white, working-class, ‘Teddy Boys,’ and others, displayed hostility and violence to the Black community in the area.
Nottingham Hill riots 1958
Was a series of racially motivated riots that took place in Notting Hill, a district of London, following the assault against Majbritt and her Jamaican husband Raymond Morrison
Nottingham Hill Carnival
developed in 1966 after the events of the Nottingham Hill riots, and is led by members of the British Caribbean community
Union movement
A far right political party found by Oswald Mosley
Commonwealth immigration Act 1962
enacted to control the immigration of Commonwealth citizens into the United Kingdom. It ended the automatic right of Commonwealth citizens to settle in the UK, which had been established under the British Nationality Act 1948. The Act introduced stringent restrictions, allowing only those with work permits to enter, primarily targeting high-skilled workers such as doctors.
C voucher
Category A for Commonwealth citizens with a definite offer of a job, and category B to those who held certain specified professional qualifications. Category C was given in limit to other immigrants who were not eligible for A or B
Marriage Bar
the practice of restricting the employment of married women. the practice often called for the termination of the employment of a woman on her marriage, especially in teaching and clerical occupations. Further, widowed women with children were still considered to be married at times, preventing them from being hired, as well.
Equal pay for teachers 1952
First time women were able to gain equal pay as their male counterparts, the National Union of Women Teachers, played a crucial role in this advocacy
Equal pay for civil servants 1954
the Equal Pay Campaign Committee presented a petition asking for ‘equal pay for equal work between men and women in the public services’. The petition was signed by more than 80,000 people. They managed to gain that right
Labour saving devices
tool or appliance in the home developed to reduce time cooking, cleaning and shopping
households owning washing machines rose by 54% and fridges by 58%
“The Liberator” washing machine
called that as it gave women free time, instead of hand washing clothes all day “liberating” women from the domestic duties
National housewives register
Manchester Guardian found that 2/5 women were happy not having a job in the 1950s, but half admitted they were often bored. This led to the creation of the National housewives register by Maureen Nicol
