The Campaign Against Racial Discrimination was a British organization, founded in 1964 and which lasted until 1967, which lobbied for race relations legislation. The group's formation was inspired by a visit by Martin Luther King to London on his way to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. [1] Its founders included politician Anthony Lester, London County Councillor David Pitt, historian C.L.R. James, the Caribbean pacifist Marion Glean and the sociologist Hamza Alavi. [2]