Mr Hackett, who was seen as one of the most important voices of the civil rights movement, was a leader of the Bristol bus boycott in 1963 - a campaign which aimed to end discrimination in employment
Jamaican-born, Mr Hackett had travelled to the UK at the age of 24 and was one of the founders of the Commonwealth Coordinated Committee, which set up Bristol's St Paul's Carnival in 1968.Teacher and author Aisha Thomas paid tribute to Mr Hackett on Twitter, calling him an"absolute legend".
Bristol Lord Mayor Paula O'Rourke tweeted it was"so very sad" to hear of Mr Hackett's passing and her thoughts are with his"family and friends at this difficult time".Mr Hackett's bus boycott changed the country"I was coming from Broadmead, Bristol, and saw this Jamaican bloke crying. I said, 'Why are you crying?'," he said.
"He showed me the advert that the bus station put out for drivers, but when he went to apply for the job, he was told the job was gone, but it wasn't. "So I then went and spoke to the company and told them: 'If he can't be taught to drive the bus then the buses won't be driven.' "I then called my friend Owen Henry who lived in St Paul's and I said, 'get as many black men and women and come down here', and he did."The buses didn't move in the roads because they saw that I did mean business. We blocked the bus station. I even stood in front of the buses."
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