Posted on 25 October 2009. Tags: American Communist party, Claudia Jones, Mcarthyism, Notting Hill, Notting Hill Carnival, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indian, West Indian Gazette, black activists

Claudia Jones founded the first major black post- war newspaper -The West Indian Gazette; and also helped launch the Notting Hill Carnival.? Claudia Jones was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in 1915 Cladia moved with her family to Harlem.
She had a short education as she was plagued by lung and heart problems, which would persist for ...
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Posted on 01 October 2009. Tags: 154 Squadron, Black pilots, Jamaica, No 1 Squadron, Panama, RAF, Vincent Bunting, WW2, WWII, West Indian, blacks in WWII, blacks in the armed forces, jamaican

Vincent Bunting was born in Panama in June 1918 and raised in Kingston, Jamaica.
He became a fighter pilot and joined No 611 Squadron in December 1942. After being promoted to Warrant Officer, Bunting served with No 132 Squadron flying Spitfires. In October 1944 he was transferred to No 154 Squadron. Whilst leaded ...
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