MLK and Coretta Scott King attended Ghana’s independence ceremonies, and were deeply moved and inspired by what they saw. King wrote in his autobiography that “Ghana has something to say to us. It says to us first that the oppressor never voluntarily gives freedom to the oppressed. You have to work for it. Freedom is never given to anybody.”
Sir. Charles Arden-Clarke (C) standing with Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah (L) during the Ghana independence ceremonies. Accra, Ghana 1957.
On 18 Sept., 1956, the Secretary of State for the Colonies announced a firm date for Gold Coast Independence, 6 March, 1957. On 12 Nov., 1956, a new Constitution was approved along with the nation’s renewed name, Ghana, after the ancient traditional Ghana
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Louis Armstrong, Lucille Armstrong and Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah in 1956 Gold Coast, on the eve of the independence of Ghana.
Duchess of Kent (L) dancing with Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah (C) at the Ghana independence ceremonies.
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (R) standing with civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (C) at the Ghana independence ceremonies.
On 5 March, 1952, Nkrumah was made Prime Minister.
Kwame Nkrumah (L) standing with Richard A. Butler (C) at the Ghana independence ceremonies.
MLK and Coretta Scott King attended Ghana’s independence ceremonies, and were deeply moved and inspired by what they saw. King wrote in his autobiography that “Ghana has something to say to us. It says to us first that the oppressor never voluntarily gives freedom to the oppressed. You have to work for it. Freedom is never given to anybody.”
