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100 years of Black Bermudian History

1918 1927 1939
WWI ends. Nurse Alice Scott WWII begins.
opens Sandys Secondary School, the
first high school in the West End.

1959 1960 1962

The Theatre Boycott led by the Roosevelt Brown leads The Committee Mr W. L. Tucker steers the Franchise
Progressive Group ends segrega- for Universal Adult Suffrage (CUAS) in a Bill through parliament, establishing the
tion in Bermuda’s movie theatres, campaign for suffrage to be extended principal of Universal Adult Suffrage.
hotels and restaurants. to ALL adult Bermudians, regardless of However, large property owners retain
property ownership. The requirement a “plus-vote”.
of owning property prevented many
blacks from voting.

1968 1968 1971
Constitution: Fully establishes the Election: The UBP led by Sir Henry Sir Edward Trenton Richards (UBP)
principle of one person, one vote. Tucker wins the first general election becomes the first black man to
The old property vote is finally under the new Bermuda Constitution. lead the Bermuda Government.
fully abolished. The UBP will remain in power for 30 years.

1978 1981 1982
The Pitt Commission finds that The Bermuda Human Rights Act Sir John Swan (UBP) becomes Premier
the riots of the ‘70s were primarliy made discrimination based on race, and remains in office for 13 years. He
caused by racial inequality. religion, creed, national origin plays a key role in establishing Bermuda
or political opinions illegal. as an offshore financial centre.

2011 2012 2017
The One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) Mary Prince named as a Bermuda PLP win General Election claiming 24
is formed by a merger of the two National Hero, in recognition of of 36 seats and 58.9% of the vote.
main non-labour parties: The UBP her book published in 1831, about
and the BDA. the brutality of slavery.

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