W11 Westbourne Green, Holland Park, Notting Hill
Racist mobs attack black people in 1958 |
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August 1958 saw mobs of white people attacking black people in their homes and in the street. Groups of white men beat up black people on their way home from work. They damaged property and threw petrol bombs into peoples' houses. The black community organised themselves and car loads of West Indian men from Brixton and other areas came into the area to fight back. Police offered little comfort to black victims as they were often arrested for defending themselves. This event is now known as the Notting Hill Riots. |
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The racism in this area continued as in 1959 a young black man called Kelso Cochrane was murdered by a gang of white men. These men have never been caught. |
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