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John Anthony La Rose was born in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, in 1927, the younger son of Ferdinand La Rose, a cocoa trader, and his teacher wife Emily. [3] He had four sisters and a brother. [ 3 ] La Rose attended the local Roman Catholic school, and at the age of nine won a scholarship to St. Mary's College , Port of Spain . [ 3 ]
New Beacon Books in June 2023. New Beacon Books started out as a publishing house that was run out of the Hornsey, North London, flat of John La Rose and Sarah White. [3] [4] [7] It was named after the Trinidadian journal The Beacon, which was published between 1931 and 1932.
Henry John LaRose (October 25, 1951 – January 14, 2021) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1978 season. Listed at 6'1", and 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. On September 20, 1978, LaRose made a relief appearance against Detroit at Tiger Stadium.
The George Padmore Institute (GPI), founded in 1991 in Stroud Green Road, North London, by John La Rose (1927–2006) and a group of political and cultural activists connected to New Beacon Books, [2] is an archive, library, educational resource and research centre that houses "materials relating to the black community of Caribbean, African and Asian descent in Britain and continental Europe".
The key people involved in setting up CAM were Edward Kamau Brathwaite, John La Rose and Andrew Salkey. [2] [3] As Angela Cobbinah has written, "the movement had an enormous impact on Caribbean arts in Britain. In its intense five-year existence it set the dominant artistic trends, at the same time forging a bridge between West Indian migrants ...
In the immediate aftermath of the fire, a New Cross Massacre Action Committee (NCMAC) was set up, chaired by John La Rose, which organised a "Black People's Day of Action" on 2 March 1981, when some 20,000 people marched over a period of eight hours through London, carrying placards that bore statements including: "13 Dead, Nothing Said". [2]
La Rose is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jean La Rose, Guyanese environmentalist; John La Rose (1927–2006), Trinidadian/English political and cultural activist; Natalie La Rose, Dutch–Surinamese singer, songwriter, and dancer
Marxist activists including Tariq Ali, Ernie Tate, Al Richardson, David Horowitz, John La Rose and Pat Jordan also played a key role. Members of the International Socialists participated in the foundation of the VSC, but for the first year of its existence its presence was a token one only.