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Plaque

Doctor Harold Moody - WC1

Erection date: 13/3/2019

Inscription

Harold Arundel Moody, 1882 - 1947, Jamaican doctor, humanitarian and British civil rights activist established the League of Coloured Peoples here, at the Central YMCA, 13 March 1931.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Black British Walks.

Site: Doctor Harold Moody - WC1 (1 memorial)

WC1, Great Russell Street, 111, Central YMCA, St Giles Hotel

2024: .

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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League of coloured peoples

Founded by Doctor Harold Moody. A civil-rights organisation with the aim of r...

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Doctor Harold Moody

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Central YMCA

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