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In 1969, Gordon and Bogle were each proclaimed as Jamaican National Heroes in a government ceremony at Morant Bay. In 1969, Jamaica converted its currency to a decimal system, and it issued new currency. Gordon was featured on the ten-dollar note (now a coin). In 2023, his portrait was featured on the fifty-dollar note, alongside Paul Bogle.
Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician Junior Reid mentions Paul Bogle in the song "Same Boat", which recalls the era of slavery, by saying "Paul Bogle haffi run like Usain Bolt". Both George William Gordon and Paul Bogle are mentioned in Horace Andy's "Our Jamaican National Heroes", while Ruddy Thomas' "Grandfather Bogle" is a Bogle tribute.
To date, seven historical figures have been officially designated as 'National Heroes' by the government of Jamaica. Pages in category "National Heroes of Jamaica" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
He was named after a prominent Jamaican barrister and distinguished legislator, James Alexander George Smith (1877–1942). J.A.G.S. McCartney was the first leader and founder of the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) , a grassroots organization established to address the many social and economic ills that had been pervasive throughout the ...
He agitated for Jamaica to become independent of Great Britain. He said that the JLP would not contest a by-election to the federal parliament. In the 1961 Federation membership referendum Jamaica voted 54% to leave the West Indies Federation. After losing the referendum, Manley took Jamaica to the polls in April 1962, to secure a mandate for ...
The medallion features the Jamaican coat of arms in gold relief, and it is encircled by the motto of the Order, which is "He built a city which hath foundations". The insignia is typically worn on a neck ribbon in the national colors of Jamaica (black, gold and green), along with a laurel wreath of gold and green enamel. [1]
Bailey wrote that, at 13, just a few days after arriving in the U.S. from Jamaica, her life took a traumatic turn. As she “was going through hell at home,” Bailey said that she found Oprah ...
Norman Washington Manley ONH MM QC (4 July 1893 – 2 September 1969) was a Jamaican statesman who served as the first and only Premier of Jamaica. A Rhodes Scholar, [1] Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers in the 1920s. [2]