Claudia Jones
(1915-1964)
woman, founder of Britain’s first African Caribbean Carnival (1958), and organiser of the first Notting Hill Street Carnival (1964)
Commemorated on 3 plaques
Britain’s first African Caribbean Carnival was established in 1958 by Claudia Jones 1915-1964, she also helped to organise the first Notting Hill Street Carnival 1964
225 Portobello Road, London, United Kingdom where they established Britain’s first African Caribbean Carnival
Claudia Jones 1915-1964 Mother of Caribbean Carnival in Britain. Organised an annual carnival from January 1959 as a community response to the 1958 August Bank Holiday Notting Hill riots
corner of Tavistock Rd and Portobello Rd, London, United Kingdom where they worked
Claudia Jones 1915-1964 Anti-racist activist and a founding spirit of Notting Hill Carnival lived here
6 Meadow Road, Vauxhall, London, United Kingdom where they was