Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955. Became a community organiser after the Notting Hill race riots in 1958. Started an indoor annual event which grew to become the Notting Hill Carnival. Contributed to the lives of West Indians in London. Died at home, Lisburne Road, Gospel Oak. Buried Highgate Cemetery, beside Karl Marx in what was for a long time an unmarked grave but then "a group of youngsters from the Afro Caribbean Organisation in King’s Cross ... raised money to buy a headstone in 1984." From the Camden New Journal.
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Claudia Jones
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Claudia Jones - Carnival Village
Carnival Village honours Claudia Jones, 1915 - 1964, publisher, political act...
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QPR in the Community Trust
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Highbury View Tenants Association
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Dulwich Society
"Our objects are to create the sense of community that one would hope to find in a good village, to increase awareness of local history and the character that make Dulwich special, to foster an app...
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Royal Docks Trust
From the website "It works to provide community benefits to the Docklands part of Newham between the A13 and the River Thames."
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James Butler RA
One of Britain's foremost figurative sculptors. Born New Cross. Interestingly, his stevedore father built his childhood home in West Malling, Kent. Appointed MBE in 2009. Our information comes fro...
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