Our Journey by Miranda Rae

Ep 1 Our Journey - 15 mins

Our Journey - Episode 1 features Historian and Playwright Dr Edson Burton, Professor Madge Dresser as well some of the original activists including Paul Stephenson, Roy Hackett, Barbara Dettering, Guy Bailey and Owen Henry. We also hear Lyn Douglas sharing her experiences of when she 1st arrived in the UK from the Caribbean. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American civil rights groups were fighting for employment and racial equality, South Africa was in the grip of the Apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela had just been sentenced to life in prison. Whilst in the UK it was legal to racially discriminate. This series tells the story of the UK’s 1st Black civil rights campaigns, The Bristol Bus Boycott and the influences the then had on the UK. We hear the stories and journeys of some of the original pioneers and settlers we have come to know as the Windrush Generation describing their compelling and often shocking stories of their arrival and their first years in the UK. We also hear from experts and historians about the impact and significance it had then and today. As well as original activists Roy Hackett, Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering plus archive content. Our Journey is a Sound Women South West Network Production produced and presented by Miranda Rae and the Sound Editor was Keziah Wenham-Kenyon.

Our Journey - Trailer

Our Journey is a 6 part series and tells the story of the UK's first civil rights campaign in 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott. It hears from experts about the impact and significance it had then and today. As well as original activists Roy Hackett, Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering, the series will feature contributions from the Windrush Generation, describing their compelling journeys and telling the often shocking stories of their arrival and first years in the UK.

Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae - Series Trailer

Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American civil rights groups were fighting for employment and racial equality, South Africa was in the grip of the Apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela had just been sentenced to life in prison. Whilst in the UK it was legal to racially discriminate. This series tells the story of the UK’s 1st Black civil rights campaigns, The Bristol Bus Boycott and the influences the then had on the UK. We hear the stories and journeys of some of the original pioneers and settlers we have come to know as the Windrush Generation describing their compelling and often shocking stories of their arrival and their first years in the UK. We also hear from experts and historians about the impact and significance it had then and today. As well as original activists Roy Hackett, Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering plus archive content. Throughout all the episodes we hear from the original activists of the Bristol Bus Boycott, Paul Stephenson, Roy Hackett, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering. Our Journey is a Sound Women South West Network Production produced and presented by Miranda Rae and the Sound Editor was Keziah Wenham-Kenyon. Miranda Rae is first and foremost a single mum then a freelance producer and broadcast currently working in the 3rd sector. If you would like to support Miranda and her work them you can either become a regular patron or make a one off donation via Paypal here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MirandaRae007 [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MirandaRae007] Anyone who makes a donation will be credited at the end of every podcast (unless request otherwise). Miranda will then be in touch to arrange this. Thank you in advance for your support.

Ep 6 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey Episode 6 - In this final episode of Our Journey we pay tribute to the St Paul's Carnival the first of its kind in the UK. We hear from the Europe’s 1st Black elected Mayor Marvin Rees, founders Roy Hackett and Barbara Dettering. Poet Miles Chambers takes us on a journey of the history of St Pauls Carnival and the phenomenon of Bristol's music culture which is world renowned. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American civil rights groups were fighting for employment and racial equality, South Africa was in the grip of the Apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela had just been sentenced to life in prison. Whilst in the UK it was legal to racially discriminate. This series tells the story of the UK’s 1st Black civil rights campaigns, The Bristol Bus Boycott and the influences the then had on the UK. We hear the stories and journeys of some of the original pioneers and settlers we have come to know as the Windrush Generation describing their compelling and often shocking stories of their arrival and their first years in the UK. We also hear from experts and historians about the impact and significance it had then and today. As well as original activists Roy Hackett, Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering plus archive content. Our Journey is a Sound Women South West Network Production produced and presented by Miranda Rae and the Sound Editor was Keziah Wenham-Kenyon. Miranda Rae is first and foremost a single mum then a freelance producer and broadcast currently working in the 3rd sector. If you would like to support Miranda and her work them you can either become a regular patron or make a one off donation via Paypal here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MirandaRae007 [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MirandaRae007] Anyone who makes a donation will be credited at the end of every podcast (unless request otherwise). Miranda will then be in touch to arrange this. Thank you in advance for your support.

Ep 5 - Our Journey - The Bristol Bus Boycott by Miranda Rae

Our Journey Episode 5 features David Lammy MP and the Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees and elders of the Windrush Generation recounting their journey's and stories to the UK, Pearl Quashi-Williams, Madge Williams and Iva Williams, mother of Drum & Bass innovator Roni Size. Our Journey is a 6-part series celebrating activism, determination and civil rights. In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, nearly 10 years later American civil rights groups were fighting for employment and racial equality, South Africa was in the grip of the Apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela had just been sentenced to life in prison. Whilst in the UK it was legal to racially discriminate. This series tells the story of the UK’s 1st Black civil rights campaigns, The Bristol Bus Boycott and the influences the then had on the UK. We hear the stories and journeys of some of the original pioneers and settlers we have come to know as the Windrush Generation describing their compelling and often shocking stories of their arrival and their first years in the UK. We also hear from experts and historians about the impact and significance it had then and today. As well as original activists Roy Hackett, Paul Stephenson, Guy Bailey and Barbara Dettering plus archive content. Our Journey is a Sound Women South West Network Production produced and presented by Miranda Rae and the Sound Editor was Keziah Wenham-Kenyon. Miranda Rae is first and foremost a single mum then a freelance producer and broadcast currently working in the 3rd sector. If you would like to support Miranda and her work them you can either become a regular patron or make a one off donation via Paypal here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MirandaRae007 [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MirandaRae007] Anyone who makes a donation will be credited at the end of every podcast (unless request otherwise). Miranda will then be in touch to arrange this. Thank you in advance for your support.