League of Coloured Peoples - Wikipedia
WEBThe League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) was a British civil-rights organisation that was founded in 1931 in London by Jamaican-born physician and campaigner Harold Moody with the goal of racial equality around the world, a primary focus being on black rights in Britain.
League of Coloured Peoples | Making Britain - Open University
WEBThe League of Coloured Peoples was formed in 1931 by the Jamaican-born, London-based private doctor, Harold Moody. It was notable, in contrast with some earlier organizations, for its deliberate attempts to become a multi-racial organization.
League of Coloured Peoples - Wikiwand
WEBThe League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) was a British civil-rights organisation that was founded in 1931 in London by Jamaican -born physician and campaigner Harold Moody with the goal of racial equality around the world, a …
League of Coloured Peoples - Oxford Reference
WEBJun 16, 2024 · League of Coloured Peoples. Political organization founded in 1931 by Harold Moody. Moody's passionate involvement and belief in the good of Christianity provided the fuel for his energy, compassion, and broad‐mindedness in the struggle for better social conditions for black people.
League of Coloured Peoples | Making Britain - open.ac.uk
WEBThe objects of the LCP was 1) to promote and protect the social, educational, economic and political interests of its members; 2) to interest members in the welfare of coloured peoples in all parts of the world; 3) to improve relations between the races and 4) to co-operate and affiliate with organizations sympathetic to coloured people.
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WEBNov 16, 2023 · Dr Harold Moody: Other anti-racist organisations in Britain included the League of Coloured Peoples, set up in 1931 by Dr Harold Moody, to fight for better race relations between Blacks and whites, and against institutional anti-Black racism such as that within the early NHS. LCP members often wrote about their experiences in Britain in The ...
Dr Harold Moody - King's College London
WEBIn 1931, Harold became one of the founders of the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP), a pressure group whose aims were to highlight the problems and successes of black people, to challenge racial discrimination and to fight for equality.
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WEBSep 29, 2021 · The League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) first came into being in the spring of 1931, after African-American Harvard history professor Doctor Charles Wesley arrived in Britain, and in conjunction with Doctor Harold Moody, gave a series of YMCA-sponsored talks on the theme of race.
Imperial Identity in Colonial Minds: Harold Moody and the League …
WEBJan 1, 2002 · This article examines how the League of Coloured Peoples, founded in London in 1931 by the Jamaican Harold Moody, used its version of a British identity to seek equal rights for Britons of colour.
‘To do something for the race’: Harold Moody and the League of Coloured ...
WEBAlthough the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) was a multi-racial body, Moody's intention was that it should be led solely by black people. He regarded the LCP as a Christian organisation. The LCP, along with other organisations, kept the question of race relations prominently before British politicians.