August 29, 2024 3:40 PM

Notting Hill Carnival celebrates London’s diversity after racist attacks

In 1959, Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones organised a Caribbean carnival in St Pancras Town Hall in London in response to race riots, planting the seeds for Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world's largest street parties. Revellers on Monday, the second day of this year's carnival, said Jones' message of unity had never been more important, after racist riots in late July were sparked by false information online about the suspected killer of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport, ...