In June 1959, Posters and placards were plastered on walls and utility poles throughout the Island. Letters were mailed out. Signed by A Progressive Group, they called for a boycott of all movie theatres beginning June 15. On June 16, The Royal Gazet...
It began during a time when Thursday afternoons were a half-day holiday, leaving a deserted Hamilton dozing in mid-afternoon shadows; when an hour or two before sunset, black fisherman tied up along Front Street to sell their catchers; when, during l...
When the St. David’s native community held it’s biennial powwow in June 2009, it celebrated a connection that goes back to the early days of Bermuda’s 400-year history. The first Native American to set foot on the island was, in fact, from the Caribb...
At the opening of the Colonial Parliament the Woman Sufferage Society, awakened to the publicity value of some kind of definite action, organized a demonstration, with banners proclaiming their more immediate desires borne aloft by stalwart members o...
In the advent of Bermuda tourism, the island was strategically promoted as the ideal playground for affluent (white) Americans. Part II There were other dimensions to maintaining the racial idyll of Bermuda tourism. Whites coming to Bermuda ha...
This article was taken from our archives. It comes from the Spring 2012 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. In the advent of Bermuda tourism, the island was strategically promoted as the ideal playground for aff...
