Abstract
In the evening Mr Fitz, Miss Clara, and I went to a PPP meeting at the junction of Victoria Avenue and Water Street (Figure 1.4), close to the Bellevue mental hospital. We heard a strong speech by Martin Allen and another speaker who pulled the “Manley is an honourable man” trick. The cry was raised, “Manley/Pharoah let us go—otherwise you will be caught in the Red Sea.” This was followed with a powerful statement by Chris Lawrence of the PFM.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was founded by Marcus Garvey in Jamaica in 1914. Garvey arrived in the United States in 1916, and established the first branch of the UNIA in 1917 By 1919 the UNIA had 30 branches and over two million members (Amy Jacques Garvey, Garvey and Garveyism [New York: Macmillan, 1963]).
Leonard Howell, see Robert Hill, Dread History: Leonard P. Howell and Millenarian Visions in the Early Rastafarian Religion (Jamaica: Miguel Lome Publishers, 2001).
Copyright information
© 2016 Colin Clarke
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Clarke, C. (2016). Race, Class, and the Referendum. In: Race, Class, and the Politics of Decolonization. Studies of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137540782_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137540782_6
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-57037-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-54078-2
eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)