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The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival that took shape in the mid-1960s had two separate but connected strands. A "Caribbean Carnival" was held on 30 January 1959 [7] in St Pancras Town Hall as a response to the problematic state of race relations at the time; the UK's first widespread racial attacks, the Notting Hill race riots in which 108 people were charged, [8] had occurred the previous year.
A "Caribbean Carnival", precursor of the Notting Hill Carnival, was held on 30 January 1959 in St Pancras Town Hall. Activist Claudia Jones organised this carnival in response to the riots and to the state of race relations in Britain at the time.
Performers in the 2002 Notting Hill Carnival...that the Notting Hill Carnival attracts up to 1.5 million people every year, making it the largest street festival in the world? ...that it began indoors in January 1959 in response to the depressing state of race relations at the time? The UK's first widespread racial attacks had occurred the ...
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Notting Hill carnival is not only a colorful and lively event, it has quickly become one of London's biggest street festivals. London gears up for Notting Hill carnival, in shadow of Grenfell ...
On 26 August 2011, a blue plaque commemorating Laslett's conception of the Notting Hill street festival that "later evolved into Notting Hill Carnival" was unveiled on the corner of Tavistock Square and Portobello Road (organised by the Nubian Jak Community Trust), facing another blue plaque that commemorates Claudia Jones, who in 1959 ...
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In 2006, Henderson was appointed a member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services to Music. [8]On Friday, 24 August 2012, just prior to the Notting Hill Carnival weekend, the Nubian Jak Community Trust organised the unveiling of two blue plaques in Notting Hill at the junction of Tavistock Road known as "Carnival Square", to honour the contributions to the development of ...