- Following six weeks after the riots - Black peoples homes were targeted night after night
- Youngsters were running around with petrol can setting fire to black peoples homes
- Mosley's anti immigrant movement campaigned in Notting Hill since 1956 and he was known as Britain's facist leader
- Mosley supported Hitler
- Everyone had to support Mosley otherwise they would be turned against
- 1958 - Notting Hill was a dangerous place for West Indians to be The white people would walk around with all sorts of weapons 'They had chains' knives etc
- The advise given to Black people from the police would be to go back to where they came from
- 1st September Balck people fought back with petrol bombs and thier own weapons
- This sent shockwaves over Britain
- 9 months after the riots Notting Hill hit the news as a West Indian carpenter was stabbed to death by three teddy boys this was Britains first acknoledged race killing.
- No-one was ever arrested for that killing which made Black people aware of their vunerability and lack of protection they had from the Police
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