Date of Award
Spring 2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
First Advisor
Dr. Carol L. Summers
Second Advisor
Dr. Manuella Meyer
Third Advisor
Dr. Jan Hoffman French
Abstract
On Tuesday, 27 April 1965, in the House of Assembly an event known as “Black Tuesday” struck the capital city of Nassau, New Providence in The Bahamas. A political furor arose in response to the failure of the ruling government to accurately determine voter distribution and boundaries. In frustration, the leader of the opposition motioned towards the mace, shouting, “This is the symbol of authority, and authority in this island belongs to the people.” With a burgeoning crowd below, he then lifted the mace in front of the Speaker, and threw it down from the window of the House. “Yes, the people are outside,” he said to the Speaker and fellow members of the House, “and the mace belongs outside too!”
Recommended Citation
Lee, Maria A., "Black Bahamas : political constructions of Bahamian national identity" (2012). Honors Theses. 67.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/67