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Camden New Journal - OBITUARY
Published: 6 March 2008
 
Trevor Carter
Trevor Carter
Activist and socialist who was an inspiration to all

TREVOR Carter, a lifelong socialist, teacher, and black rights activist, has died aged 77 at his Archway home.
Born in Trinidad, Mr Carter was part of the Windrush generation who migrated from the Caribbean to England in the late 1940s and 1950s.
A socialist since school days, Mr Carter’s allegiance to the Young Communists Party led him to Moscow, Cuba (where he met Castro) and Guyana, where he worked alongside Cheddi Jagan, the controversial chief minister, from 1962-64.
On returning to Britain, he grounded his ideals in education, teaching at Brook House School for many years and later as Head of Equal Oppurtunities for the now defunct Inner London Education Authority.
His political zeal could not be curtailed, however, and up until his death he was a vociferous and respected member of numerous organisations; he sat on the board for the Notting Hill Carnival Committee, and co-founded the Caribbean Teachers Organisation and the Black Theatre Co-operative amongst many others.
Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn paid tribute to the former Labour party member Mr Carter this week.
“Trevor’s passing is very sad, for the knowledge he retained, and the loss of this man who could be so inspirational to so many young people who were up against the social ills of our age,” he said.
The funeral will be held at St Augustine’s Church, Highgate, N6 at 11.30am, March 18.

SIMON WROE

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