British African-Caribbean people the wartime bombing, and the shortage led to some of the first clashes with the established white community. Clashes continued and worsened into the 1950s, and riots erupted in cities including London, Birmingham and Nottingham. In 1958, attacks in the London area of Notting Hill by white youths marred relations with West Indian residents, and the following year as a positive response by the Caribbean community an indoor carnival event organised by "West Indian Gazette" editor Claudia Jones took place in St Pancras Town Hall, and would be a precursor to what became the annual Notting Hill Carnival. Some of
Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale The Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale is a cultural house on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The center opened in 1969 after the Yale Corporation approved the establishment of a space for black students and community members. The Afro-American Cultural Center is home to over thirty resident student organizations including the Black Student Alliance at Yale, the Urban Improvement Corps, the Black Church at Yale, Rhythmic Blue, and the Black Men's Union. Risë Nelson, Assistant Dean of Yale College, currently serves as the Director. In September 1964, 14 black males students