Claudia Jones

Released
Full name:Claudia Vera Jones
Date of birth:21. 02. 1915
Date of death:24. 12. 1964
Age:49† Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
9 Months 12 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Claudia Jones

Biography

Trinidadian-born; CPUSA Negro Affairs Commission; founder of Notting Hill Carnival. Smith Act 1951 NY group; 1 year + 1 day at FPC Alderson 1955. Deported to UK Dec 1955 (Trinidad refused entry); buried beside Marx in Highgate. Claudia Jones was an African-American activist, feminist, and member of the Communist Party who was deported in 1955 for joining the Communist Party as a non-US citizen. Before her deportation, she spent a year in prison for un-American activities.

She had continuously tried to make the American Communist Party more accepting of women, including Black women. She also published a work detailing how Black women have been especially oppressed due to their double-minority status with a Marxist viewpoint.

Case

Federal Prison Camp, Alderson
Charges: Smith Act NY second-string — conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 2385.
Arrested: Jun 20, 1951
Sentenced: Jan 20, 1953
Incarcerated: Jan 11, 1955
Released: Oct 23, 1955
Sentence: 1 year + 1 day federal prison; deported to UK Dec 1955 — Held briefly after the June 20, 1951 arrest (released on bail by June 29, 1951); served from about January 11 to October 23, 1955 at the Alderson Federal Reformatory, then was deported.
Judge: Hon. Edward J. Dimock
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: West Virginia
Security: Low

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