When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to activist, historian, columnist and writer Bukka Rennie
Happy Birthday to Bukka Rennie
November 30
When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to Bukka Rennie
Activist, historian, columnist and writer, widower and the father of three, Bukka Rennie left Trinidad and Tobago in 1967 to pursue studies in History and Political Science at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia) in Montreal, Canada.
After two years at Sir George he was jailed and then expelled along with forty-one other Black Caribbean students and forty-nine White Canadian students after involvement in political action against racism at that institution. He has refused since then to attend any university, including The University of the West Indies, even after the option to transfer credits was offered, and accepted by others.
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