Creating Black Places in Imperial London

The League of Coloured Peoples and Aggrey House, 1931–1943

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9333228
AutoresDaniel Whittall (Royal Holloway University of London, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen36
Número3
Páginas225-246
Fecha de publicación2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe London Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-8034 • E-ISSN: 1749-6322
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/174963211x13127325480316
OpenAlexW2006216193
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas13

London in the 1930s was an imperial city marked by overt and covert racial discrimination. However, within this context, some black Londoners attempted to challenge the racialization of London's urban space and to forge hospitable places in which they could dwell, dine, dance, and debate. This paper provides a detailed history of the involvement of the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP), and in particular its founder Dr Harold Moody, in a Colonial Office-funded project to establish a hostel for colonial students, particularly African and African diasporic students, in London. It asserts that prior scholarship on Aggrey House has neglected the agency of the LCP in this project, and contributes to broader attempts to highlight the role of Africans and African diasporic subjects in altering the urban geography of London.Keywords: AGGREY HOUSEBLACK BRITISH HISTORYHAROLD MOODYIMPERIAL LONDONLEAGUE OF COLOURED PEOPLESWEST AFRICAN STUDENTS UNION

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