Cyrille Regis transcended racist bigotry and hate

Cyrille Regis, who died last week at the age of 59, was among the first black players to rise to prominence in England, writes Colm Greaves.

Cyrille Regis transcended racist bigotry and hate

1968: Birmingham

The Tory cabinet minister Enoch Powell makes the incendiary speech that helps legitimise racist bigotry in Britain for the next couple of decades.

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