Group    From 13/3/1931  To 1951

League of coloured peoples

Founded by Doctor Harold Moody. A civil-rights organisation with the aim of racial equality around the world. Although its primary purpose was black rights in Britain, it was also involved in other issues, such as the persecution of the Jews in Germany.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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League of coloured peoples

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Doctor Harold Moody - WC1

Harold Arundel Moody, 1882 - 1947, Jamaican doctor, humanitarian and British ...

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