Grenadian revolutionary and leader of the new Jewel Movement that came to power during the revolution in 1979. He was head of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada from 1979-1983. Bishop was shot in 1983 during a coup by a military junta group.
Bishop, Maurice Rupert, 1944-1983
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[Ephemera of approximately A3 size concerning alcohol in New Zealand, collected by Bert...
Date: 1920, 1969, 1984
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: Eph-D-ROTH-International
Description: Includes: 1920: Young Peoples' Peace League of New Zealand. 'To Our Fellow Citizens of the British Empire', republished New Year's Message from the Prime Ministers of the British Empire concerning the spiritual foundation for continuing peace. 1969: Poster of Ernesto [Che] Guevara, published by Third World, Sydney [1969]. 1984; Pilot Books. 'On the anniversary of the British invasion Maurice Bishop & the Grenada Revolution' [1984]. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Forward Press, Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Prints, mainly photolithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Part of the Roth collection acquired ca 1992.