Altheia Jones-LeCointe

Altheia Jones-LeCointe
Born
Altheia Jones

(1945-01-09) 9 January 1945 (age 79)
Trinidad, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, British Empire
Alma materUniversity College London
Occupation(s)Physician and research scientist
Known forLeader of the British Black Panther movement
SpouseEddie LeCointe

Altheia Jones-LeCointe (born 9 January 1945) is a Trinidadian physician and research scientist also known for her role as a leader of the British Black Panther Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.[1][2][3] Jones-LeCointe came to public attention in 1970 as one of the nine protestors, known as the Mangrove Nine, arrested and tried on charges that included conspiracy to incite a riot, following a protest against repeated police raids of The Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill, London.[4] They were all acquitted of the most serious charges and the trial became the first judicial acknowledgement of behaviour (the repeated raids) motivated by racial hatred, rather than legitimate crime control, within the Metropolitan Police.[4][5]

  1. ^ Iglikowski, Vicky; Rowena Hillel (21 October 2015). "Rights, resistance and racism: the story of the Mangrove Nine". The National Archives blog. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ Williams, Holly (13 October 2013). "Power struggle: A new exhibition looks back at the rise of the British". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ Johnson, W. Chris (9 March 2015). "Guerrilla Ganja Gun Girls: Policing Black Revolutionaries from Notting Hill to Laventille". In Miescher, Stephan F.; Michele Mitchell; Naoko Shibusawa (eds.). Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 280–301. ISBN 9781119052197.
  4. ^ a b Bunce, Robin; Paul Field (29 November 2010). "Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. ^ Iglikowski-Broad, Vicky; Rowena Hillel (1 August 2016). "An afternoon with the Mangrove Nine". The National Archives blog. The National Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2018.