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Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.

Benchmark on wall of former school next Goode and Wright pub - geograph.org.uk - 2428223

Roger Templeman — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit
15 min–45 min

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Claudia Jones is a memorial located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.

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From the Wikipedia article

Claudia Vera Jones (née Cumberbatch; 21 February 1915 – 24 December 1964) was a Trinidad and Tobago-born journalist and activist. As a child, she migrated with her family to the United States, where she became a Communist political activist, feminist and Black nationalist, adopting the name Jones as "self-protective disinformation". Due to the political persecution of Communists in the US, she was deported in 1955 and subsequently lived in the United Kingdom. Upon arriving in the UK, she immediately joined the Communist Party of Great Britain and would remain a member for the rest of her life. In 1958, she founded Britain's first major Black newspaper, the West Indian Gazette (1958-1965), and from 1959 she organised a series of indoor Caribbean carnivals that have been cited as an influence on what became the Notting Hill Carnival, the second-largest annual carnival in the world.

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Coordinates
51.5181, -0.2066
Address
3/5 Thorpe Close, London
Official site
londonwestbank.com

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Where is Claudia Jones?
Claudia Jones is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5181°, -0.2066°.