# Race Relations Act expands anti-discrimination law (1968)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1968-race-relations-act-expands-anti-discrimination-law
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New legislation extended restrictions on racial discrimination to employment, housing and services. Within the broader Postwar & Modern UK period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 1968 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The act reflected both continuing discrimination and a stronger state commitment to legal remedies.

## Why it matters
The act reflected both continuing discrimination and a stronger state commitment to legal remedies.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Race Relations Act expands anti-discrimination law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Race+Relations+Act+expands+anti-discrimination+law&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Race Relations Act expands anti-discrimination law](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Race+Relations+Act+expands+anti-discrimination+law)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)