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How to Choose The Right Candidate
An article by Sir Randol Fawkes with his handwritten annotations.
"In my youth (1936) when a man wished to exercise his democratic right of free choice in a general election, he had to vote publicly. If his ‘open vote’ did not favour with his employer or landlord the voter soon found himself summarily dismissed from his job or evicted from his home.”
A Loose Cannon with a Pivotal Role in Our History
The Tribune, Millennium Supplement 1999
“One of the most enduring images of Sir Randol Fawkes, long before his knighthood was conferred, is of the rebellious Labour leader suspended horizontally between two policemen as they ejected him from the House of Assembly.”
Marching To The Beat Of His Own Drum
Tribune's Independence Supplement 2001
“In one of those strange quirks of fate, two of the most commanding figures in Bahamian history were snuffed out within two months of each other in the milestone year 2000.”
A Call to Serve
Rosalie Fawkes
“A Call to Serve” documents my life in Over-the-Hill, Nassau and years of service as an educator, curator and an officer of The Young Women’s Christian Association of The Bahamas.
A Tragic Explosion
The content for this article was adapted by Rosalie Fawkes from “The Princess Margaret Hospital – The Story of a Bahamian Institution”. The book was authored by Dr. Harold Alexander Munnings.
As I Knew Him
An Essay by R. Francis Fawkes
No Caricom Without Referendum
Sir Randol explores whether The Bahamas should become a full member state of the Caribbean Community’s Caricom.
Labour Unite or Perish!
Reprinted from The Nassau Herald.
The writings that launched a movement.
Rough Cut by Professor Felix Bethel
"Forty-two years ago, he responded to the cry of a ruined people when they called out with the chant, 'Speak, Moses, Speak!' Randol Fawkes heeded the call and told the Pharaohs of that time in this cruel place, 'Let my people go!'"
A Suspension From the Bahamas Bar 1954
A New Pictorial Biography by Rosalie Fawkes
“In 1954, a sudden and unexpected incident that some deemed to be his ruination would prove to be the catalyst to launch Sir Randol’s career as a politician, civil rights activist, and trade unionist.”
The Judgement of History
Rosalie Fawkes
On National Heroes Day, October 12th, 2020, the Order of National Hero was conferred upon Sir Randol.
You Should Know Your Government - A Study in Citizenship
Sir Randol Fawkes
A Champion to the End
Lindsay Thompson - The Nassau Guardian (June 22, 2000)
Sir Randol Fawkes, the Father of the Labour Movement, was no stranger to the Guardian’s newsroom. He came and went like he was one of us. For the most part, he just wanted someone to talk to, and if you needed his input for a story, he gladly gave it.
Marion Stuart | Labour’s Freedom Fighter
A Video Slideshow
Hypocrites of The Bahamas Unite!
Tribune Columnist, Nicki Kelly, condemns the hypocrisy displayed upon the death of Sir Randol Fawkes.
The General Strike of 1958 / The British Soldier Who Decided to Stay
Rosalie Fawkes interviews a former British soldier, Mr. John Phillpot.
“A few weeks ago, I was having a telephone conversation with Rev. Emmette Weir about his forthcoming book titled, ‘From Pompey to Pindling’ when, in a very nonchalant manner, he mentioned that one of the British soldiers who came to Nassau in 1958 to preserve law and order during the General Strike was still on the island.”
An Interview by Levard Darling
Consumerism Today, Vol. 6, Issue 2
An interview reprinted from Consumerism Today by the kind permission of Mr. Levard Darling.
He Came to Lend Support
Rosalie Fawkes
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Travels From Montgomery, Alabama to Nassau, Bahamas to Give Support to Sir Randol Fawkes, a Labour Leader Being Tried for Sedition.
Speech at the Dedication of the House of Labour
Audio recording of Sir Randol Fawkes’ Speech at the Dedication of the House of Labour.
The First Labour Day / The Burma Road Riot
Sir Randol Fawkes
In this article, Sir Randol F. Fawkes (1924-2000), better known as the Father of Labour in The Bahamas, gives an eyewitness account of the day he saw “hundreds of ragged, black workers moving downhill towards us. I thought all the gates of hell had opened and the demons let loose.”
The Sir Randol Fawkes Scholarship Award
Tatjana Nicolls - Prize Winner for The Sir Randol Fawkes Scholarship Award, Interview (2014).
Leon Walton Young
Leon Walton Young encourages Sir Randol Fawkes after his suspension from The Bahamas Bar.