Erection date: 2004
C. L. R. James, 1901 - 1989, West Indian writer and political activist, lived and died here.
English Heritage
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Both plaques are actually around the corner in Shakespeare Road.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
C. L. R. James
Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist and political activist. A pionee...
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C. L. R. James
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
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C. L. R. James
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