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The impact of the 1958 Notting Hill riots tends to figure in histories of the political right, as a galvanizing force for anti-immigrant sentiment—or as radical catalyst in the transnational history of the Black Atlantic.
- Camilla Schofield, Ben Jones
- 2019
Oct 22, 2018 · In common with many of Britain’s crumbling Victorian cities, the late fifties and early sixties saw the start of mass slum clearance in Notting Hill. More houses were demolished for the construction of the Westway elevated motorway, which blighted much of the area. As a result, working class communities were broken up.
Why was The Mangrove an important space for the black community of Notting Hill?
Notting Hill is in the ceremonial county of Greater London although it was formerly a hamlet on rural land until the expansion of urban London during the 19th century. As late as 1870, even after the hamlet had become a London suburb, Notting Hill was still popularly referred to as being in Middlesex rather than in London.
The rapid urbanization, however, led to crowded living conditions and issues of poverty. Notting Hill became a diverse community, with Irish and Afro-Caribbean immigrants settling here, leaving a lasting impact on the area's culture. The Notting Hill Carnival. One of Notting Hill's most iconic events is the annual Notting Hill Carnival.
Meanwhile, the generation of black and white social workers and activists who flocked to Notting Hill after the riots have largely been left out of the history of the British left. This article treats Notting Hill after 1958 as an important locale of new progressive thinking and action.
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After a series of racially motivated attacks on the West Indian residents of West London’s Notting Hill area in August 1958, Trinidadian human rights activist Claudia Jones decided to create...
