''Caribbean News'' (1952–1956) was a Black British newspaper, notable for being one of the first Black British newspapers in the United Kingdom. ''Caribbean News'' was founded and published by the London branch of the Caribbean Labour Congress under the guidance of Black British civil rights leader and communist activist

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, and existed between 1952 and 1956. Although Strachan played a key role in founding the paper, it was edited by fellow activist

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, with occasional articles from Strachan appearing in a column called "Billy's Corner". Another well known writer for ''Caribbean News'' was the communist and black civil rights activist Henry Gunter, who wrote articles denouncing the

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. The publication of ''Caribbean News'' predated by six years that of the ''

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'', a newspaper widely considered to have been Britain's first major black newspaper. Archives for ''Caribbean News'' can be found in the

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's archives.

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{{Reflist Afro-Caribbean culture in London Black British culture in London Black British mass media Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers published in London Publications disestablished in 1956 Newspapers established in 1952