The Griot | Stories Roots Legacy

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Guyana, 1963: The General Strike | Race, Representation and the Road to Independence

Guyana, 1963: The General Strike | Race, Representation and the Road to Independenceanteayer18 min

Why did a strike over labour law become a decisive confrontation over race, constitutional power and Guyana’s future? Sources: British Guiana Commission of Inquiry reports; Hansard debates on British Guiana; Guyana National Archives; British Colonial Office records; Cheddi Jagan, The West on Trial