When the League looked back on its achievements during 1940, it felt that is was the best known and most respected organisation of its kind in Britain. (Letter no 7, April 1940, p3)

However, despite the organisation's position, it had critics. As Peter Fryer has noted, both the organisation and its leader, Dr Moody, were attacked by various other pressure groups for a number of reasons. The Negro Worker , a communist, English-language journal published from a number of European cities during the 1930s, published attacks on the League as early as 1932. Moody was accused of being an 'Uncle Tom' who was tainted by his ties with the Colonial Office.

Their activity may not have been as radical as that of the younger generation of Black activists, but Moody and the League struck real blows against racism. The Keys is a testament to their honest, patient and tireless struggle, so ably supported by the writings and speeches of Harold Moody. Moody became ill following a tour of the Caribbean and United States in the winter of 1946-7, and he died in April 1947. The League he founded survived him by only a few years.

Peter Fryer, Staying Power, Pluto Press, 1984

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