Rosie Douglas : From Activist to Head of State (1978) - the fifth estate
April 6, 2015
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as posted by the channelAdrienne Clarkson profiles Roosevelt ‘Rosie’ Douglas, the Canadian-educated black political activist from Dominica who was deported for his involvement in 1969 student riots at Sir George Williams (now Concordia) University in Montreal. Douglas was the son of a wealthy plantation owner and continued his activism once he returned to Dominica, encouraging the workers on his father’s plantation to unionize and demand wage increases. Douglas organized the Dominica-Cuba friendship coalition and was monitored because of his socialist views. On February 3 2000 he became prime minister of Dominica. He held the office until his sudden death eight months later on October 1, 2000.
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