Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964

LC control no.	n 85379528
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Trinidad and Tobago
Associated place	United States England
Birth date	1915-02-15
Death date	1964-12-25
Place of birth	Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Place of death	London (England)
Affiliation	Young Communist League of the U.S. Communist Party of the United States of America Daily Worker (New York) Caribbean Labour Congress Notting Hill Carnival (London, England) National Negro Council (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Civil rights workers Communists
Found in	Johnson, B. I think of my mother, 1985: title page (Claudia Jones) page 183 (b. 2/21/15; d. 12/25/64; Communist leader, writer, speaker) African American National Biography, accessed June 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jones, Claudia; civil rights activist, women's rights advocate; born 15 February 1915 in Port of Spain, Trinidad; joined the Young Communist League (YCL), the Communist Party USA's (CPUSA's) youth section (1936); editor of the Daily Worker (1937); associate editor of the Weekly Review (1936-1938); editor of the YCL's Spotlight (1943-1945); elected to the National Committee, the party's highest council; executive secretary to the National Negro Council (1945-1946); editor for the Daily Worker's Negro Affairs Bureau (1945-1946); penned pamphlets and articles, including Jim Crow in Uniform, Lift Every Voice - For Victory, An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro, International Women's Day and the Struggle for Peace, and Ben [Jefferson] Davis [Jr.]: Fighter for Freedom (1940-1954); was deported to England and worked with their Communist Party and the Caribbean Labour Congress; launched the West Indian Gazette (1985); organized the Notting Hill Carnival; died 25 December 1964, probably in London, England, United Kingdom)
Associated language	eng