Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones, née Claudia Vera Cumberbatch (21 February 1915– 24 December 1964) was born in Trinidad and raised in New York where poverty led to her childhood tuberculosis. She joined
the Young Communists, working as a journalist where she earned her reputation as a pioneering feminist. Expelled from the USA under McCarthy she made a home in London where she founded the influential West Indian Gazette and, following the murder of Kelso Cochrane, launched the first indoor carnival to promote community harmony.
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