Notting Hill carnival is the second largest street gathering in the world. It is a meeting place for artists, activists and crowds that are eager to display unity and enjoy music, dance, calypso, ...

From McCarthy’s prison cells to London’s carnival, Jones fought for peace and unity while exposing the lies of US imperialism ...

Notting Hill Carnival’s boss has ... That first Caribbean carnival, set up by activist Claudia Jones, took place in 1959 and ran for six years until her death, when social worker Rhaune Laslett ...

In 1783 when planters in the formerly French colonies of Martinique, Grenada, and Dominica responded to an edict by the Spanish king, they moved themselves and their slaves to Trinidad, bringing ...

and groups that led Claudia Jones to establish Europe's largest street festival in 1958 – the Caribbean Carnival event, which later evolved into the annual Notting Hill Carnival. Two notable buildings ...

This and five other London events raised money “to assist the payments of fines of coloured and white youths involved in the Notting Hill events.” It was those early carnival events that would grow ...