The League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) was a British civil-rights organization that was founded in 1931 in London by Jamaican-born physician and campaigner Harold Moody with the goal of racial equality around the world, a primary focus being on black rights in Britain. In 1933, the organization began publication of the civil-rights journal, The Keys. The LCP was a powerful civil-rights force until its dissolution in 1951. The beginning Harold Moody, a physician and devout Christian, was frustrated with the prejudice he experienced in Britain, from finding employment to simply obtaining a residence. Through his involvement with the London Christian Endeavour Federation, Moody began to confront employers who were refusing jobs to black Britons. On 13 March 1931, in a YMCA in Tottenham Court Road, London, Moody called a meeting with the contacts he had made over the years. He was helped by Charles H. Wesley, an African-American history professor visiting Britain on a Guggenheim Fellowship, who was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). On this night, they formed The League of Coloured Peoples. Its inaugural executive committee included: Cecil Belfield Clarke of Barbados George Roberts of Trinidad Sam Morris of Grenada Robert Adams of British Guiana Desmond Buckle of the Gold Coast Also present at the inaugural meeting was Stella Thomas, who would go on to become the first woman magistrate in West Africa. Other prominent members included C. L. R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Una Marson. Aims At the inaugural meeting, The League of Coloured Peoples established four main aims, printed in each issue of The Keys: To promote and protect the Social, Educational, Economic and Political Interests of its members; To interest members in the Welfare of Coloured Peoples in all parts of the World; To improve relations between the Races; To cooperate and affiliate with organisations sympathetic to coloured people In 1937, a fifth aim was added: To render such financial assistance to coloured people in distress as lies within our capacity. Activities In addition to its primary focus, it was involved in other civil-rights issues, such as opposing the persecution of the Jews in Germany. The colour bar in the workplace From its inception in 1931 until the outbreak of World War II, the League's primary focus was eliminating the colour bar (the restrictions placed on a group of people due to their race or colour) in the