On April 23, 1979 thousands of protesters took to the streets of Southall to demonstrate (Image: Gary Weaser/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Police were drafted in to help deal with the backlash (Image: Evening Standard/Getty Images)

The area had been blighted by attacks on people of colour, such as the stabbing of 18-year-old Gurdip Singh Chaggar

When the National Front announced they would be hosting a meeting in Southall Town Hall the South Asian community was left feeling unnerved (Image: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Around 354 demonstrators were arrested during the riots (Image: Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

British police sheltered behind riot shields during the riots (Image: Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

Blair Peach was k

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