A celebration of the life of Bristol activist, community elder and civil rights pioneer Roy Hackett will be held in St Pauls next week. Tributes to Roy have been flooding in since his death at the age of 93 was announced last week.
One of the leaders of the Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963, which was essentially Britain’s civil rights movement that triggered equalities legislation through the 1960s and 1970s, Roy was awarded an MBE for his work in the community in Bristol. Roy went on to be a leader of the community in St Pauls for decades, helping to start the St Pauls Carnival, as well as the Bristol Race Equality Council.
It has now been announced that a celebration of Roy's life will take place at the Malcolm X Community Centre on City Road, St Pauls, next Friday, August 19 from 6pm until midnight. In a tweet, poet Lawrence Hoo said: "ON BEHALF OF ROY HACKETTS FAMILY
