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On December 12, 1970, the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) hosted a march to rededicate the nation to the creation of a “new and just society.” This was three weeks after the lifting of the 1970 State of Emergency (SoE) which had been in effect from April 21-November 20. NJAC supplied the following information in
NJAC Rededication: What the ‘Black Power Revolution’ won in 1970 “[…] Most of all, the movement of 1970 gave the population a new sense of ownership of their land. This also meant acceptance of direct responsibility for their nation’s affairs…” The following is the 12th and final column in an NJAC series on their contribution to Trinidad and Tobago society after the ‘Black Power Revolution’ of 1970: Photo: Makandal Daaga addresses thousands of demonstrators in POS in 1970. (courtesy NJAC) In references to the Trinidad and Tobago Revolution of 1970, one often forgets that for...