Microfilm of papers of Richard Hart on political and trade union activities in Jamaica and the Caribbean, 1937-1964; including correspondence with Norman Manley on Jamaican politics, 1939; correspondence and papers on the People's National Party (PNP), 1940-1952 particularly Hart and Ken Hill's expulsion for 'communist' activities, 1952; correspondence and papers on Hart's detention under the Jamaican defence regulations, 1942-1943; correspondence and papers on Hart's work as President of the Jamaica Government Railway Employees' Union (JGREU), 1942-1948; correspondence and papers on Hart's work as Assistant Secretary , Caribbean Labour Conference (CLC), 1945-1946, and General Secretary from 1947-1953, including papers on CLC London Branch, 1948-1953; correspondence and papers on Hart's work as Legal Adviser to the [Jamaican] Sugar and Agricultural Workers' Union, (SAWU) 1953-1957; correspondence and papers on the [Jamaican] People's Educational Association (PEO) and the [Jamaican] People's Freedom Movement (PFM), 1952-1962, including PEO managing committee minutes, 1952-1955 and PFM committee minutes, 1954-1955, 1960-1962; papers on the Jamaica Youth Movement, 1941-1944; correspondence and papers on civil liberties, particularly on banned publications, Caribbean News and Moscow News and public meetings, 1952-1954; correspondence and papers on the Jamaican Federation of Trades Unions (JFTU), 1952-1957; correspondence and papers on the [Jamaican] Factory and General Workers' Union, (FGWU) 1953-1957; correspondence and papers on Hart's book Out of the House of Bondage, 1946-1961, including correspondence with Kwame Nkrumah on the possibility of Nkrumah contributing a foreword, 1952.
Hart , Richard , b 1917 , Caribbean politican and trade unionist
GB 0101 ICS 122 (MF861)
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1937-1964