St. William Grant
St. William Grant | |
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Born | 1894 |
Died | 27 Ọgọstụ 1977 Kingston, Jamaica | (aged 83)
Nationality | Jamaican |
Education | St Phillips Church School, St Andrew West Branch Elementary School, Kingston |
Years active | 1930s |
Known for | Trade unionist and labour activist |
Awards | Order of Distinction |
William Wellington WellwoOD Grant OD (1894 - 27 Ọgọst 1977) bụ onye ọrụ Ndị Jamaica . [1] A maara ya dị ka "St. William Grant", [1] "St." nke nwere ike ịpụta "Sergeant" na-ezo aka na ọrụ agha ya ma ọ bụ UNIA.[2] [citation needed]
A na-ewere ya dị ka onye malitere mgba nke ndị klassi ọrụ na Jamaika[Tinye edensibịa][citation needed] na N'ịghọta na dị ka onye ojii na-agụghị akwụkwọ na ọ dịghị mgbe ọ ga-enweta nkwanye ùgwù nke Gọọmenti Ọchịchị, o nyere Alexander Bustamante na ibu ọrụ nke iwere mgba mgba nke ndị na-arụ ọrụ na ọkwa ọzọ.[Tinye edensibịa]
Ndụ mmalite
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Grant na Brandon Hill na ime obodo St Andrew . Ọ gara St Phillips Church School na St Andrew na West Branch Elementary School na Kingston . [1] Dị ka nwa okorobịa ọ ghọrọ onye ọrụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri na Kingston.[1] Mgbe Agha Ụwa Mbụ malitere, ọ banyere n'Ụgbọ mmiri ndị agha Britain, wee sonye na Eleventh British West India Regiment.[1][2]
Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, ọ laghachiri Jamaica nwa oge tupu ọ kwaga New York na 1920. N'ebe ahụ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-esi nri na ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ mgbe ọ na-etinye aka na ngalaba Tiger nke Universal Negro Improvement Association na African Communities League (UNIA). [1][2]
N'afọ 1934, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nnọchiteanya na mgbakọ UNIA na Jamaica, ebe Marcus Garvey n'onwe ya chụpụrụ ya na UNIA maka "ighi ezi ebumnuche na ebumnuche nke nzukọ ahụ".
N'ịnọgide na Jamaica, Grant gara n'ihu na-enweta ego ya dị ka onye na-esi nri ma sonye na mmegide, n'oge a dị ka onye ndu ọrụ.
N'ọnwa Mee afọ 1938, Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri nke United Fruit Company nọ na-eme ngagharị iwe. A maara Bustamante na Grant dị ka ndị ọkà okwu na-akwalite ma na-eduzi ọgbaghara ahụ. E jidere ha abụọ na 24 Mee, onye nyocha ndị uwe ojii wee jide ha. Mgbe Bustamante kwetara ijide ya, St. William Grant mere mkpesa ma tie ya ihe nke ukwuu. E boro ha abụọ ebubo ịkpali nzukọ iwu na-akwadoghị na igbochi ndị uwe ojii, a jụrụ ha ịgbapụta ma dị ka ụdị mmechuihu a na-ewepụ ha n'ime uwe ha. Ihe omume ndị ahụ dugara n'ịgba arụkwaghịm na ọgba aghara, ruo mgbe ụlọ ikpe tọhapụrụ Bustamante na Grant na 28 Mee.[1]
Grant na Bustamante nwere esemokwu ma ọ dịghị mgbe ọ ghọrọ akụkụ nke Jamaica Labour Party. N'afọ 1947, ọ sonyeere West Kingston nkewa maka People's National Party na ntuli aka mbụ nke Municipal (KSAC) mgbe ndị okenye nwesịrị ikike ịtụ vootu ma ihe karịrị 2 na 1 meriri ya. Ọ pụtaghị ọzọ na asọmpi ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ọ bụla ọzọ.[1] Otú ọ dị, na 1950 Bustamante tụrụ aro ka a họpụta Grant ka ọ bụrụ onye nche na Central Housing Authority (mgbe e mesịrị Ministry of Housing) nke ọ nọgidere na ya ruo ọnwụ ya.
Nsọpụrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]E nyere Grant Order of Distinction na National Heroes Day, 1974. Mgbe nke a gasịrị, UNIA haziri ụtụ pụrụ iche maka ya na 21 Disemba 1974. [1] E nyere ya olili ozu steeti na 5 Septemba 1977. [1][2]
Ogige St. William Grant
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A na-akpọ ogige St. William Grant nke dị n'etiti obodo Kingston, Jamaica iji sọpụrụ William Grant.[3] A na-akpọbu ya Victoria Park iji sọpụrụ Queen Victoria nke United Kingdom, [1] a gbanwere aha ya obere oge Grant nwụsịrị.
Ihe oyiyi dị n'ogige ntụrụndụ ahụ gụnyere Queen Victoria nke United Kingdom, Norman Manley, [3], [4] Alexander Bustamante, Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe na Edward Jordan, onye isi ojii mbụ nke obodo Kingston (1854-1866).
Ebe m si dee
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dr. Rebecca Tortello, "The Founding of The BITU & The JLP", Jamaica Gleaner, 9 September 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Archived from the original on 2007-12-30. Retrieved on 2024-05-17.
- ↑ Understanding Jamaica: A Cultural Perspective, Lee R. Duffus