- Activists
- Last updated: January 9, 2024
Claudia Jones
aka Claudia Vera Cumberbatch
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- Claudia Jones founded Britain’s first major Black newspaper, the East Indian Gazette, in 1958.
- Jones was one of the organisers and founders of the Notting Hill Carnival.
- Claudia Jones was a lifelong activist for women’s rights.
- Jones worked against racism and discrimination in Britain, USA and the Commonwealth.
- Claudia Jones was honoured as a Woman of Distinction as one of a set of Royal Mail stamps in 2008.