After the Notting Hill riots in 1958, the tradition was revived by Claudia Jones. Jones is a Trinidadian member of the Communist party that arrived in London in 1955 who propose that a Caribbean carnival was the best response to the racists. She also organized a cabaret program at St. Pancras Town Hall, complete with steel bands and a carnival queen beauty contest, on January 30, 1959 following a small procession in Powis Square, Notting Hill. Claudia Jones and Pearl Prescod led an anti-racism march in St. Stephen’s Gardens in 1963 at John Hopkins. The nearest thing to a carnival procession took place on August 31, 1963 when she led an anti-racism march from Ladbroke Grove station to the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. During this march, they sung ‘We Shall Overcome’ in solidarity with the Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have A Dream’ demonstration in Washington.
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