oct 15, 1968 - Walter Rodney Barred from Returning to Jamaica
Description:
University of West Indies Lecturer Walter Rodney is banned from re-entering Jamaica following a Black writer's conference in Canada. This signified the growing tension between the conservative right Shearer government and the budding Black consciousness movement among youth and marginalized in JamaicaAdded to timeline:
Date:
oct 15, 1968
Now
~ 57 years ago