Millions flock to the West London area of Notting Hill every August Bank Holiday to celebrate Europe’s biggest street party: Notting Hill carnival. But not many know WHY this party was started and more importantly, who was behind this great idea. A Black woman of Trinidanian descent started this party.
This is the story of Claudia Jones Mother of the Carnival.
We’ve setup a Gofundme to further amplify Claudia’s voice during next year’s carnival and we would appreciate any support you offer. Please donate on the link below:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/claudia-jones-mother-of-the-carnival
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References
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/claudia-jones-caribbean-carnival-souvenir-programme-1960
Carole Boyce Davies, 2010, Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment: Autobiographical Reflections, Essays and Poems, UK: Ayebia Clarke Publishing LTD.
Joe Mulhall, 2020, British Facism after the Holocaust, From the Birth of Denial to the Notting Hill riots 1939 – 1958, UK: Routledge
Bonnie J. Morris, D. M. Withers, 2018, The Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women’s Liberation, 2018, Virago.
https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/etcetera/books/claudia-jones-celebrated-at-highgate-cemetery-1-1572751
Petticoat Lane Market, looking north. c 1955, John Gay via English Heritage.
https://www.azquotes.com/author/45472-Claudia_Jones
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/remembering-claudia-jones-pioneer-notting-hill-carnival/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Jones
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/10/claudia-joness-transnational-radicalism
http://theweeklychallenger.com/black-radicalism-and-the-trial-of-claudia-jones/
