Protests of 1968 anti-dictatorship student demonstrations throughout the year. On April 20, Enoch Powell made an anti-immigration speech that sparked demonstrations throughout Britain. His Rivers of Blood speech helped define immigration as a political issue and helped legitimize anti-immigration sentiment. On May 24–27, students in Stockholm institute the occupation of the Student Union Building. In October, the Rodney Riots in Kingston, Jamaica, were inspired when the Jamaican government of Hugh Shearer banned Guyanese university lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from returning to his teaching position at the University of the West Indies. Rodney, a historian of Africa, had been active in the Black power
Parsee-Muslim riots Parsee-Muslim riots The Parsee-Muslim riots occurred in 1857 in Bombay, and were reprised in 1874 in parts of Gujarat. These marked the beginning of a period of tension in the two communities. The first riot took place over the blurred depiction of the Prophet Mohammed and his appearance in a public print by a Parsee newspaper, "Chitra Gyan Darpan," in October 1851. A second riot took place on February 13, 1874, over an article on the life of the Prophet in a book entitled "Famous Prophets and Communities".. The first Parsee-Muslim riot began on October 17 and lasted for a