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SUMMARY:The League of Coloured Peoples in the United Kingdom\, 1931-1947 -
  Ardis Smith
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CONTACT:Echo Ouyang
DESCRIPTION:During the 1930s and 1940s\, it was commonly believed that Uni
 ted Kingdom had conquered racial prejudice with the nineteenth-century abo
 lition of the slave trade largely led by Johnians William Wilberforce and 
 Thomas Clarkson. However\, the presence of a colour bar in the UK proved o
 therwise. Some British citizens\, immigrants\, and students recognized the
  need for greater social equality and formed race organisations to combat 
 prejudice\, with the most significant of these being the League of Coloure
 d Peoples (LCP). The LCP sought to assuage race relations and address expl
 icit and implicit discrimination in the UK and the Empire. The group frequ
 ently interacted with the Colonial Office\, The Times\, and contemporaries
  engaged in the parallel civil rights struggle in the United States. The p
 resence of the League of Coloured Peoples in the UK in the 1930s and 1940s
  and the successes of this civil rights organisation highlight the state o
 f British race relations during this period and reflect the connections be
 tween UK and US civil rights.
LOCATION:M3 Second Court\, St John's College (Dr. Sue Colwell's Office)
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