| John Barbour-James | |
| Birth Name: | John Alexander Barbour James |
| Birth Date: | June 1867 |
| Birth Place: | British Guiana |
| Death Date: | 1954 |
| Death Place: | Georgetown, British Guiana |
| Occupation: | Activist, postmaster |
John Barbour-James (June 1867 – 1954) was a Black British activist who worked to improve the understanding and recognition of the achievements of black people in Britain.[1]
Barbour James was born in British Guiana, where he became postmaster in Belfield in the 1890s.[2] While living in British Guiana he established the self-help Victoria Belfield Agricultural Society which recognised the value of improving the diet and farming among the Afro-Guianese.[1]
In 1902, he was transferred to the Gold Coast. His wife was not allowed to move to the Gold Cast. Barbour-James moved his family to London where he could more easy visit them. Later he moved to London[3] where he founded the African Patriotic Intelligence Bureau in 1918.[4] Barbour-James moved to the Caribbean in 1938, and died in Georgetown in 1954.[1]
His daughter, Amy Barbour-James, was also a civil rights activist.[1] She became the secretary of the League of Coloured Peoples in 1942.[5]