Events will honour protesters who led the fight to get black people employed as bus drivers in 1963.
The 60th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the struggle for equal rights will be marked with a series of events this week., begun after the city's bus company refused to employ black drivers.
named after Dr Paul StephensonThe boycott began in August 1963 when the then Bristol Omnibus Company refused to hire black drivers after Guy Bailey, who went on to be awarded an OBE, was barred from a job interview.
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