Claudia
Vera
Jones
formerly Cumberbatch
Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 49
in London, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2023
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Biography
Claudia (Cumberbatch) Jones is Notable.
Claudia (Cumberbatch) Jones is a part of US Black heritage.
Claudia founded the West Indian Gazette to give voice for the Caribbean community in the United Kingdom, and was instrumental in the founding of the Notting Hill Carnival. Her family had moved to the United States when she was young but Claudia was deported to the United Kingdom owing to her political activism with the Communist Party, fighting for equal rights for African-Americans.
Claudia was born in 1915. She passed away in 1964.
Sources
See also:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Jones
- cousin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Carter
- cousin's wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Skinner-Carter
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