Clement Payne
Clement Osbourne Payne (1904 – 7 April 1941)
Biography
Payne was born in Trinidad in 1904 to Barbadian parents who moved back to Barbados when he was four years old.[1] Payne attended Bay Street Boys' School, and subsequently worked for some years as a junior clerk. In 1927 he returned to Trinidad, where as an advocate of social justice he was involved with the growth of militant trade unionism.[1]
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Payne died at the age of 37 in 1941.[1]
Legacy
The Clement Payne Movement is a leftist Barbadian political party named after Payne.
The Clement Payne Cultural Centre was set up in Barbados in 1989 to perpetuate his memory and to continue his work of enlightening Barbadians about their history and struggle. There is a Clement Payne Memorial Bust in Golden Square, Bridgetown.[1]
References
- ^ Hansib Publications, 2008, p. 363.
- ^ a b "Clement Osbourne Payne". The OAS Children's Corner.
- ^ Parliament of Barbados (2009). "Parliament's History". Barbadosparliament.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Barbados riots 1937", in E. L. Bute and H. J. P. Harmer, The Black Handbook: The People, History and Politics of Africa and the African Diaspora, London & Washington: Casssell, 1997; p. 74.
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