This year marks The 50th celebration of the Race relations act.
The act was drafted in direct response to the hostility and discrimination shown to Black and asian immigrants who were faced with all kinds of prejudices with regards to work, housing and equal opportunities.
The successful boycott of a bus company in Bristol led to the emergence of The Race relations act in 1965 which then became a turning point for change.
The Activist, Paul Stephenson played a very major role at the time.
This week, I was approached by BBC RADIO to compose a poem to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Race relations act.
My new satire called “SECRETS IN THE WIND” was read on BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE this morning
HAPPY READING
THE SECRETS IN THE WIND (A SOCIAL SATIRE)
Tonight we celebrate the sequel of a tense thriller,
SAME STORY
SAME SOUNDTRACK
NEW FILMSTARS
And the secrets of a new agenda are gently printed in the wind,
Sometimes to small for the eyes to see
Tonight we celebrate,
A tragic collection of broken promises,
1000 stories of untold gunshots,
The cold drama from an elusive script, governed by invisible laws
Tonight we celebrate,
5 decades of “uncommon wealth”
The tragedy and comedy of double and single standards
A warm evening in Bristol
A journey into the palace of truth
The vision of Paul Stephensons
Or a chance for you and I to dance to polluted jazz from polite strangers
Or to revive the passion from the talking drum
.Copyright © 2015 Tony Tokunbo Fernandez
TONY TOKUNBO ETEKA FERNANDEZ 
An impactful poem,symbolic,concise,courageous and timely…kudos. It makes us feel so happy and elated that one of our own was chosen from millions of great poets world over.Thumbs up, Worthy Ambassador .
Thank you Cyril,
I am humbled by your comments/feedback, I trust you are well, God willing i will see you next year
T.T.F
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Thanks you Tony, it was at a Black History event organised by Black History Walks, that I found out about a bus boycott here in the UK. So Britain has his own equivalent of Dr. Marting Luther King in the person of Paul Stepheson.
Just realised that there’s no edit button, to change my typos! Apologies.