9:30pm
Monday 6 April 1970
Dear dairy today was a very sad day. I lost a very good friend of mine today Basil Davis. The National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) lost one of its most avid supporters and the revolution lost someone that was most vocal and passionate to its cause.
The day started like any other day that I had grown accustomed to. I was therefore not prepared for what was to follow this day. I was to meet Basil at his mother’s home in Barataria and we both would make the trek down to Woodford Square, which was fondly called the People’s Parliament to attend one of the demonstrations that was to be held there.
As we found our way down to the demonstration we talked about how much the revolution was gaining momentum. He accredited the march in solidarity with the Sir George Williams’ students on 26th of February 1970 as the reason behind the upsurge in momentum. When I ask him why …show more content…
I recall how energetic and vibrant we were going through Port-of- Spain with our different protest demonstrations. However on the day the protest went into the Roman Catholic Cathedral and eventually saw the arrest of Geddes Granger and other NJAC leaders for desecrating a place of worship, although Archbishop Pantin himself said no desecration had took place, that demonstrations became more frequent, vibrant and the protesters grew in number. One such demonstration I can recall was the march for racial unity on the 12 March 1970. This march saw both the Africans and Indians of the country uniting under one banner and for one common cause, betterment for all.
As we arrived at Woodford Square (People’s Parliament) the place was packed with people. We could not even get into the Square. We had to settle to be on the outside and listen as best we could to what was been said on the platform. This decision in hindsight proved to be the wrong decision for it caused me to see my good friend loose his life on this
Monday 6 April 1970
Dear dairy today was a very sad day. I lost a very good friend of mine today Basil Davis. The National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) lost one of its most avid supporters and the revolution lost someone that was most vocal and passionate to its cause.
The day started like any other day that I had grown accustomed to. I was therefore not prepared for what was to follow this day. I was to meet Basil at his mother’s home in Barataria and we both would make the trek down to Woodford Square, which was fondly called the People’s Parliament to attend one of the demonstrations that was to be held there.
As we found our way down to the demonstration we talked about how much the revolution was gaining momentum. He accredited the march in solidarity with the Sir George Williams’ students on 26th of February 1970 as the reason behind the upsurge in momentum. When I ask him why …show more content…
I recall how energetic and vibrant we were going through Port-of- Spain with our different protest demonstrations. However on the day the protest went into the Roman Catholic Cathedral and eventually saw the arrest of Geddes Granger and other NJAC leaders for desecrating a place of worship, although Archbishop Pantin himself said no desecration had took place, that demonstrations became more frequent, vibrant and the protesters grew in number. One such demonstration I can recall was the march for racial unity on the 12 March 1970. This march saw both the Africans and Indians of the country uniting under one banner and for one common cause, betterment for all.
As we arrived at Woodford Square (People’s Parliament) the place was packed with people. We could not even get into the Square. We had to settle to be on the outside and listen as best we could to what was been said on the platform. This decision in hindsight proved to be the wrong decision for it caused me to see my good friend loose his life on this