Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (February 21, 1915 -December 24, 1964) age 49 yrs

Claudia  born, Claudia Vera Cumberbatch – Jones has been described as the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival. Trinidadian-born radical journalist and communist who led the Free Mandela campaigns in London. Jones laid out how the economic “super-exploitation” of Black women undermined the health and well-being of the entire Black community.  She confronted oppression through her writing as the founding editor of London’s first Black newspaper, the West Indian Gazette.  She confronted it as a community organizer who challenged racism in housing, education and employment. Claudia Jones used the organizational space of the Communist Party to advance anti-racism. She promoted world peace, decolonization, and the class struggle.