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CRE

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1976

James Callaghan1976

Government / Labour Party Government

Britain adopts the Race Relations Act with sweeping anti-racial laws, but the laws do not extend to Northern Ireland, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is formed to enforce the new laws banning racial discrimination

Names involved

James Callaghan

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