# Notting Hill racial riots (1958)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1958-notting-hill-racial-riots
Categories: main-event

Violence targeted Caribbean residents in west London amid intense racial tension. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 1958 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The disturbances exposed racism in postwar Britain and helped inspire new anti-racist activism and cultural organization.

## Why it matters
The disturbances exposed racism in postwar Britain and helped inspire new anti-racist activism and cultural organization.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Notting Hill racial riots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Notting+Hill+racial+riots&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Notting Hill racial riots](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Notting+Hill+racial+riots)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)