1960

Birmingham Immigration Control Association established with the intention of opposing immigration

National Service abolished

The First Coldstream Report leads to an increase in control for art schools to decide their own curricula

Prunella Clough retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery

Prunella Clough
Man Hosing Metal Fish Boxes 1951
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Karl Reisz directs Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Ban lifted on D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover

1961

The contraceptive pill goes on sale for first time in the UK

Tony Richardson directs A Taste of Honey

1964

Labour wins election and maintains immigration control

7 Up televised on Granada

The Colony televised on BBC1, first TV documentary to give a voice to working class Caribbean settlers

1965

Race Relations Act, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race in public places

The Rent Act introduced the concept of the fair rent

Vanley Burke arrives in the UK and begins photographing African-Caribbean communities in Birmingham

1966

Race Relations Board established, its first report on the extent of racial discrimination is published in 1967

London Film-makers Co-op founded

The Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) is founded in London

1967

National Front (NF) founded

Stokely Carmichael speaks about Black Power at the Dialectics of Liberation conference in London

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants established

Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) formed

Homosexuality between consenting adults aged 21 or over is legalised

1968

Commonwealth Immigrants Act passed to control entry of refugee Asians and East Africans

Conservative politician Enoch Powell makes infamous anti-immigration 'river of blood' speech

New Race Relations Act comes into force, establishes the Community Relations Commission

Ronan Point tower block collapses in the East End

Amber film and photograph collective moves to Newcastle

Cinema Action film collective established