On 16 July 1978, a mass anti-racist, sit-down protest occurred on the corner of Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Road in London's biggest Bengali community in an attempt to prevent fascist National Front literature from being sold.
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"Brick Road Protests in Bengali Community in London, 1978." Historianspeaks, July 22, 2025. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/brick-road-protests-in-bengali-community-in-london-1978.
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