Yes, they did it again! For the second consecutive year, our GBTI/Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra outperformed their challeng- ers to win the 2015 Mashramani Pan-o-Rama Competition for the Large School Band category. Led by Officer Ray Sparman, the sharply attired young Buxtonians held on to the crown with their excellent rendition of Slingshot’s “On Mash Day”. The Buxtonians were cheered on to victory by a sizeable number of supporters in the audience. Among them were the parents of the young players. We would like to commend the players for giving of their best and shining for Buxton. We also wish to extend congratulations to them, as well as to the band's manager, Brother Rollo Younge, the trainer, Mr. Lynch, and other supporting personnel. The event was staged on 8 February at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown. A few days later, calysonian/composer Sling- shot paid a visit to the players at their Tipperary Hall practice lo- cation. Photo: GBTI/Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra Champs Again! “Inspired by a vision of a united, just, democratic, and prosperous society, Guy- ana threw off the yoke of British colonial- ism in 1966 and just four years later, on February 23, 1970, elevated our status to that of a Republic. Today, forty-five years on, Guyanese of every walk of life, in every village in every region have come together to celebrate this historic mile- stone... A Happy 45 th Republic Anniversary” ~President Donald Ramotar The Buxton-Friendship Express Buxton-Friendship Heritage Fund, Inc. February 2015 BFE-15-2 Republic Anniversary Messages: 2 Black History Month: Malcolm X 2-3 Texas Donates to Buxton 4 Haynes Column: Nostalgia Recent Donations 6 9 Obituary: Joyce Munroe 10 Obituaries: Eddie Fredericks Sinclair McPherson Lance London 11 General Information 12 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Happy 45 th Republic Anniversary
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Yes, they did it again! For the second consecutive year, our
GBTI/Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra outperformed their challeng-
ers to win the 2015 Mashramani Pan-o-Rama Competition for the
Large School Band category. Led by Officer Ray Sparman, the
sharply attired young Buxtonians held on to the crown with their
excellent rendition of Slingshot’s “On Mash Day”.
The Buxtonians were cheered on to victory by a sizeable number
of supporters in the audience. Among them were the parents of
the young players.
We would like to commend the players for giving of their best
and shining for Buxton. We also wish to extend congratulations to
them, as well as to the band's manager, Brother Rollo
Younge, the trainer, Mr. Lynch, and other supporting personnel.
The event was staged on 8 February at the Cliff Anderson Sports
Hall in Georgetown. A few days later, calysonian/composer Sling-
shot paid a visit to the players at their Tipperary Hall practice lo-
cation. Photo: GBTI/Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra
Champs Again!
“Inspired by a vision of a united, just,
democratic, and prosperous society, Guy-
ana threw off the yoke of British colonial-
ism in 1966 and just four years later, on
February 23, 1970, elevated our status
to that of a Republic. Today, forty-five
years on, Guyanese of every walk of life,
in every village in every region have come
together to celebrate this historic mile-
stone...
A Happy 45th Republic Anniversary”
~President Donald Ramotar
The Buxton-Friendship Express Buxton-Friendship Heritage Fund, Inc.
February 2015 BFE-15-2
Republic Anniversary Messages: 2
Black History Month:
Malcolm X 2-3
Texas Donates to Buxton 4
Haynes Column: Nostalgia
Recent Donations
6
9
Obituary: Joyce Munroe 10
Obituaries: Eddie Fredericks
Sinclair McPherson
Lance London
11
General Information 12
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Happy 45th Republic Anniversary
FROM THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONGRESS/REFORM:
The People’s National Congress Reform is pleased to
extend greetings and good wishes to all of the people
of Guyana as we celebrate the 45th Anniversary of our
Republican status.
The anniversary of the Republic, apart from the na-
tional celebration of Mashramani, is an occasion for
reflection and assessment of the state of our nation,
45 years after Guyana was declared a Republic.
In that regard, it must be evident to all that we, as Guy-
anese, need to undertake a frank and honest evalua-
tion of whether our nation is headed in the direction
that would bring us all, particularly our young people,
progress and prosperity.
Our Party has joined our partners in A Partnership for
National Unity to declare and dedicate our energies to
making 2015 the Year of democratic renewal.
However, we are conscious that, as a nation, we are
challenged to remove the threats posed by the scourge
of criminality and violence; corruption; the continued
lawlessness in high places; the intolerance of views,
other than those expressed by the Administration; all of
which contribute to infusing a sense of despair and the
feeling of hopelessness that is currently afflicting the
young people of this nation.
This is an Election year and we urge all Guyanese,
especially the youth of this nation to vote on Election
Day, 11th May 2015.
Accordingly, the PNCR wishes all of the Guyanese
people a Happy Republic holiday, and a joyous celebra-
tion of Mashramani, as we pray that the spirit of peace,
love and unity will dwell among us on the 45th anniver-
sary of our Republic.
FROM THE ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE:
As Guyana reflects on forty five years as a Republic,
the Alliance For Change joins with all Guyanese in the
hope that a spirit of reconciliation and harmony will de-
fine our celebrations today.
This Mashramani we recognise that if we begin with a
commitment to national unity and inclusivity based on
the principles of equality, and work towards a realization
of these ideals, will we truly be able to transform this
great nation.
We who are blessed with so much beauty and bounty
must halt our self-imposed blight.
These 45th Mashramani celebrations take place
against the backdrop of pending General and Regional
Elections.
At this special time we urge all Guyanese to reflect on
our symbols of nationhood and to be thoughtful and in-
trospective of that journey which has brought us here.
We must learn from the lessons each passing year has
taught us.
The Alliance For Change regrets that our most su-
preme symbols of nationhood, our Republican Constitu-
tion and our Parliament, have been under severe threat
recently. But we take strength in the fact that change is
around the corner and will soon be here.
Towards that final drive, the AFC commits to a cam-
paign that is free from racial intolerance and verbal
abuse and the forging of a new Guyana where all will be
respected for who they are and what they stand for, so
that all of us will benefit from this beauty and bounty.
Though we are a land of various peoples and cultures
our diversity is our greatest strength. May the values we
as Guyanese hold dear unite us all to a lasting peace
and happiness.
Happy Mashramani, Guyana!
Malcolm X, one of the most influential African American leaders of the 20th Century, was
born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925 to Earl Little, a Georgia native and
itinerant Baptist preacher, and Louise Norton Little who was born in the West Indian island
of Grenada. Shortly after Malcolm was born the family moved to Lansing, Michigan. Earl Little
joined Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) where he publicly ad-
vocated black nationalist beliefs, prompting the local white supremacist Black Legion to set fire
to their home. Little was killed by a streetcar in 1931. Authorities ruled it a suicide but the fam-
ily believed he was killed by white supremacists.
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45TH REPUBLIC ANNIVERSARY MESSAGES “ONE PEOPLE ONE CULTURE ONE CELEBRATION”
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MALCOLM X 50 Years After His Assasination
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Although an academically gifted student, Malcolm
dropped out of high school after a teacher ridiculed his
aspirations to become a lawyer. He then moved to the
Roxbury district of Boston, Massachusetts to live with
an older half-sister, Ella Little Collins. Malcolm worked
odd jobs in Boston and then moved to Harlem in 1943
where he drifted into a life of drug dealing, pimping,
gambling and other forms of “hustling.” He avoided
the draft in World War II by declaring his intent to or-
ganize black soldiers to attack whites which led to his
classification as “mentally disqualified for military ser-
vice.” Malcolm was arrested for burglary in Boston in
1946 and received a ten year prison sentence. There
he joined the Nation of Islam (NOI). Upon his parole in
1952, Malcolm was called to Chicago, Illinois by NOI
leader, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Like other
converts, he changed his surname to “X,” symbolizing,
he said, the rejection of “slave names” and his inability
to claim his ancestral African name.
Recognizing his promise as a speaker and organiz-
er for the Nation of Islam, Muhammad sent Malcolm to
Boston to become the Minister of Temple Number Elev-
en. His proselytizing success earned a reassignment in
1954 to Temple Number Seven in Harlem. Alt-
hough New York’s one million blacks comprised the
largest African American urban population in the Unit-
ed States, Malcolm noted that “there weren't enough
Muslims to fill a city bus. "Fishing" in Christian store-
front churches and at competing black nationalist
meetings, Malcolm built up the membership of Temple
Seven. He also met his future wife, Sister Betty X, a
nursing student who joined the temple in 1956. They
married and eventually had six daughters.
Malcolm X quickly became a national public figure in
July 1959 when CBS aired Mike Wallace’s expose on
the NOI, “The Hate That Hate Produced.” This docu-
mentary revealed the views of the NOI, of which Mal-
colm was the principal spokesperson and showed
those views to be in sharp contrast to those of most
well-known African American leaders of the time. Soon,
however, Malcolm was increasingly frustrated by the
NOI’s bureaucratic structure and refusal to participate
in the Civil Rights Movement. His November 1963
speech in Detroit, “Message to the Grass Roots,” a
bold attack on racism and a call for black unity, fore-
shadowed the split with his spiritual mentor, Elijah Mu-
hammad. However, Malcolm on December 1, in re-
sponse to a reporter’s question about the assassina-
tion of President John F. Kennedy, used the phrase
"chickens coming home to roost" which to Muslims
meant that Allah was punishing white America for
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crimes against black people. Whatever the personal
views of Muslims about Kennedy’s death, Elijah Mu-
hammad had given strict orders to his ministers not to
comment on the assassination. Malcolm defied the
order and was suspended from the NOI for ninety
days.
Malcolm used the suspension to announce on March
8, 1964, his break with the NOI and his creation of the
Muslim Mosque, Inc. Three months later he formed a
strictly political group (an action expressly banned by
the NOI), called the Organization of Afro American Uni-
ty (OAAU) which was roughly patterned after
the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
His dramatic political transformation was revealed
when he spoke to the Militant Labor Forum of the So-
cialist Worker’s Party. Malcolm placed the Black Revo-
lution in the context of a worldwide anti-imperialist
struggle taking place in Africa, Asia, and Latin America,
noting that “when I say black, I mean non-white—black,
brown, red or yellow.” By April 1964, while speaking at
a CORE rally in Cleveland, Ohio, Malcolm gave his fa-
mous “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech in which he de-
scribed black Americans as “victims of democracy.”
Malcolm traveled to Africa and the Middle East in late
Spring 1964 and was received like a visiting head of
state in many countries including Egypt and Ghana.
While there, Malcolm made his hajj to Mecca, Saudi
Arabia and added El-Hajj to his official NOI name Malik
El-Shabazz. The tour forced Malcolm to realize that
one’s political position as a revolutionary superseded
“color.”
The transformed Malcolm reiterated these views when
he addressed an OAAU rally in New York, declaring for a
pan-African struggle “by any means necessary.” Mal-
colm spent six months in Africa in 1964 in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to get international support for a United
Nations investigation of human rights violations of Afro
Americans in the United States. In February 1965, Mal-
colm flew to Paris, France to continue his efforts but
was denied entry amidst rumors that he was on a Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency (CIA) hit list. Upon his return to
New York, his home was firebombed. Events continued
to spiral downward and on February 21, 1965, Malcolm
X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in the
Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
Source: http://www.blackpast.org
MALCOLM X
February 2015
50 Years after his Assassination
This month, Buxton-Friendship Heritage
Fund was the grateful recipient of a
$1,000.00 donation from the Caribbean
Association of Texas (CAT). The award was
made in keeping with the organization’s
mission to reach out and “assist a worthy
cause in a Caribbean country”.
For 2014, Guyana was chosen as the
country for their benevolence. Buxton-
Friendship Heritage Fund and Durban Park
Lions Club were delighted to share the
$2,000.00 award.
On 22nd of this month, the treasurer of
the Texas organization, Mr. Wendell
Rosales, travelled to New York and present-
ed the cheque to Mr. John Newton, presi-
dent of Buxton Heritage Fund. In doing so,
Mr. Morales revealed that his organization
was very impressed by the work being done
by Buxton-Friendship Heritage Fund for the
youths in the Guyana community.
The Caribbean Association of Texas (CAT) was es-
tablished in 1999 by six members from the Caribbe-
an who realized a need to preserve and share the
Caribbean culture in Texas. The founding board
members included Wendell and Lauren Rosales,
Suzan Cameron, Steve Jackman, Greg Jackman,
and Evitte Estrada. Through its humble beginnings,
CAT has increased its membership and reached out
to other Caribbean organizations, such as the Dal-
las West Indian United, The Panamanian Associa-
tion of Dallas, and several college campus groups,
with the objective of promoting and hosting family
and fundraising events to benefit Caribbean youths.
Buxton-Friendship Heritage Fund is grateful to
have received the donation from the Caribbean As-
sociation of Texas and offers its heartfelt thanks to
the board, its members and supporters for its kind-
ness and generosity.
The Buxton Fund board also extends its sincerest
appreciation to Ms. Julia Angela Fox, residing in Al-
len Texas, for recommending Buxton-Friendship Her-
itage Fund for this award. Thank you!
TEXAS DONATES TO BUXTON
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President of the Buxton-Friendship Heritage Fund, Mr.
John Newton (right), is seen receiving the donation
cheque from Mr. Wendell Rosales, Treasurer of the
Caribbean Association of Texas (CAT).
Buxton Fund board members pose with CAT’s Treasurer
for this photo.
Front Row (L.R): Mboya Wood, John Newton, Lorna
Campbell, and Wendell Rosales (CAT)
Back Row (L.R): Friend of Mr. Rosales, Kenneth Wil-
kinson, Oneko Connell, and Dr. Owen Ifill
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Buxton-Friendship Heritage Fund, Inc. Invites You to Celebrate
175th Buxton Purchase Anniversary Saturday, May 16, 2015
5:30 p.m. — 10:30 p.m.
Gala Awards & Recognition Banquet A Cultural Extravaganza
St. Gabriel’s Banquet Hall 331 Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225