John Barbour-James

John Barbour-James (June 1867 – 1954) was a Black British activist who worked to improve the understanding and recognition of the achievements of black people in Britain.[1]

John Barbour-James
Born
John Alexander Barbour James

June 1867
British Guiana
Died1954
Georgetown, British Guiana
Occupation(s)Activist, postmaster

Barbour James was born in British Guiana, where he became postmaster in Belfield in the 1890s.[2] While living in British Guiana he established the self-help Victoria Belfield Agricultural Society which recognised the value of improving the diet and farming among the Afro-Guianese.[1]

In 1902, he was transferred to the Gold Coast. His wife was not allowed to move to the Gold Cast. Barbour-James moved his family to London where he could more easy visit them. Later he moved to London[3] where he founded the African Patriotic Intelligence Bureau in 1918.[4] Barbour-James moved to the Caribbean in 1938, and died in Georgetown in 1954.[1]

His daughter, Amy Barbour-James, was also a civil rights activist.[1] She became the secretary of the League of Coloured Peoples in 1942.[5]

References
  1. "016: John Barbour-James (1867-1954) # 1 « Jeffrey Green. Historian". 2 November 2009.
  2. "OVERVIEW: John Barbour-James". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  3. "John Alexander Barbour-James". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "Women in History: Amy Barbour-James, An Early Civil Rights Activist". Guyanese Girls Rock. March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. "Amy Barbour-James". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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