LevelFile
Ref NoTAJ/01/05/34
TitleHouse of Commons, Race Relations Committee
Date1968-1976
Extent1- folder
DescriptionFile contains mostly typed correspondence and documents concerning House of Commons, Race Relations Committee-Working Group on: Education for the Eradication of Colour Prejudice (in association with British-Caribbean Association).

Details Include:

Typed proposal for research project for the evaluation and improvement of School Children's Instructional Materials in the Context of Racial Understanding with Particular Reference to Issues of Colour.
Typed Report of MP's special meeting to discuss elimination of colour prejudice through education.
Seminar details 'Immigration and the Training of Teachers: Ormskirk, Jan. 1967 and questionnaire on Teacher Training.
British Caribbean Association: Memorandum on Education and Colour Prejudice (July 1968).
Request for Henri Tajfel to attend MP's working group meeting as expert (May 1968).
Invitation of further experts to working group.
Minutes of Ad Hoc working group on education towards the elimination of colour prejudice (July 1968).
Funding for project research.
Participants for working group meeting, Nov.1968.
Minutes of working group meeting, Nov.1968.
Meeting of sub-committee for research into Race Relations (Feb.1969) and decisions/ actions based on meeting.
Newspaper article clipping (undated) entitled 'Omens of student unrest on the Campus' by B.MaCarthur.
Report of Working Group Meeting, March 1969.
Circular for 2nd International Congress of Social Psychiatry, Aug.1969.
Minutes of sub-committee, May 1969
Attending sub-committee and schools council (one day) meetings, Sept.1969 (includes essay: 'Racial Bias in Infant School Reading Scheme') by I.Stewart, March 1969.
Sub-committee meeting, Oct.1969.
Working group meeting, Nov.1969
Circular requesting support for amendment to 1970 white paper on education.
Minutes of working group meeting (Nov.1969) and sub-committee meeting (Jan.1970).
Request for Professor Tajfel to act as sponsor of the working group (agreed).
Agenda for working group (W.G.) meeting, April 1970.
Sub-committee meeting, Sept.1970, Agenda
Asking Henri Tajfel to advise on publication of 'Survey of Race Relations' by L.Bloom.
Suggestion of winding up working group (vetoed).
List of members of Working Group (Nov.1970).
Working group circular of proposals, Nov.1970.
Working group meeting, March 1971,
Minutes of working group Annual meeting (March 1971).
Report of working group meeting, July 1971.
Minutes of working group meeting Nov.1971.
Minutes of working group meeting Feb.1972
Working group meeting (Agenda, minutes), May 1972.
Continuation of Working group in modified form July 1972,
Working group meeting Dec.1972 (minutes); included discussion of pamphlet (copy enclosed), 'Education for a Multi-Racial Britain'.
Financial statement of Working group, 1972-1973.
Working group meeting, June 1973.
Final meeting of working group in its present form , Dec.1973.
Working group meeting, Nov.1975
Working group meeting, June 1976.
FormatTextual Material
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