Amelia King (25 June 1917–1995) was a British woman who was refused entry into the Women's Land Army, during World War II, because she was black.

This example of racial segregation in the UK was debated in the House of Commons and was covered in newspapers internationally including The Chicago Defender.

[2][3] She worked as a fancy box maker before World War II and volunteered to join the Women's Land Army in September 1943.

[2][4] King was refused entry to the Land Army by its Essex County branch committee because it was believed it would be difficult to place her, as there would be objections due to her ethnicity.

[2][12] This, along with another racially-motivated incident that occurred within the same week in which cricketer Learie Constantine was denied accommodation at a London hotel, attracted widespread controversy and criticism and brought the 'Colour Bar' into focus.