800 Grenadians march on Lord Brownlow's estate to reopen the beach to the public
Jan. 26, 1973
Photo of Jacqueline Creft. Photo Credit: Jacqueline Creft Collection. Jacqueline was a Grenadian revolutionary activist and leader of the New Jewel Movement. She led this action along with many others.
From marxists.org:
At La Sagesse in St. David's, an English estate owner, Lord Brownlow, who had purchased the land through [Prime Minister Eric Gairy's] help, cut off access to the local beach using Gairy's police to enforce the closure. Eight hundred people came to demonstrate against this arrogance, a 'People's Trial' was held and Lord Brownlow was condemned as unworthy to own land in Grenada. On January 26th, 1973, a large group of determined protesters, unthwarted by Gairy's armed police, reopened the beach to the Grenadian public. Two months later, in March 1973, M.A.P. and J.E.W.E.L. combined to form the New Jewel Movement. Almost at once they were involved in another mass campaign. The next month a youth, Jeremiah Richardson, was coldly gunned down on the pavement in Grenville by one of Gairy's police. The N.J.M. quickly mobilised five thousand people and marched on Grenville Police Station. The police fled in terror. The demonstrators then moved on Pearls International Airport which is to the north of Grenville, and brought international attention to the plight of Grenadians by closing it down for three days.
At La Sagesse in St. David's, an English estate owner, Lord Brownlow, who had purchased the land through [Prime Minister Eric Gairy's] help, cut off access to the local beach using Gairy's police to enforce the closure. Eight hundred people came to demonstrate against this arrogance, a 'People's Trial' was held and Lord Brownlow was condemned as unworthy to own land in Grenada. On January 26th, 1973, a large group of determined protesters, unthwarted by Gairy's armed police, reopened the beach to the Grenadian public. Two months later, in March 1973, M.A.P. and J.E.W.E.L. combined to form the New Jewel Movement. Almost at once they were involved in another mass campaign. The next month a youth, Jeremiah Richardson, was coldly gunned down on the pavement in Grenville by one of Gairy's police. The N.J.M. quickly mobilised five thousand people and marched on Grenville Police Station. The police fled in terror. The demonstrators then moved on Pearls International Airport which is to the north of Grenville, and brought international attention to the plight of Grenadians by closing it down for three days.