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Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian revolutionary, politician and the leader of the New JEWEL Movement, a party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education and true black liberat
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Bishop in Bautzen, East Germany, 1982
In East Berlin, 1982
Banner of the Grenada Revolution, located in Grenada National Museum
The United States and a coalition of Caribbean countries invaded the island nation of Grenada at dawn on 25 October 1983. It was codenamed Operation Urgent Fury by the U.S. military, and resulted in m
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…Jamaica appealed to the United States for assistance, as did Sir Paul Scoon, Governor-General of Grenada. Within days, President Ronald Reagan launched a US-led invasion to overthrow the PRG. Maurice Bishop married nurse Angela Redhead in 1966. They had two children, John (born 1967) and Nadia (born 1969). Angela emigrated…
An American Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter hovers above the ground near an abandoned Soviet ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun during the American invasion of Grenada, 1983.
Point Salines International Airport
Maurice Bishop and Foreign Minister Unison Whiteman in East Germany, 1982
Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force