1b) Write a detailed account of the Black Tuesday events of 1965 in The Bahamas. Black Tuesday was an incredible turning point in the Bahamas and will always be remembered in Bahamian history. The events of that fateful day, coined Black Tuesday by Arthur Foulkes, a borrow expression from the American name of the day Wall Street Crashed. Black Tuesday will forever be considered the most significant event in the struggle for majority rule. On that day ,27th April,1967. Sir Lynden Pindling, then leader of the Opposition, during a heated debate over boundaries threw the mace out the window. It all started with the formation of the first political party, Progressive Liberal Party (P.L.P) by the late Sir Henry Taylor, Cyril St. John Stevenson, M.V.D and William Cartwright in 1953.The General Strike of 1958 showed Bahamians what power they had in numbers following this, the British government made changes to the electoral system. The land qualifications were abolished. Women also pushed for the right to vote. In 1961 this was granted and in the 1962 General Elections women voted for the first time. Though the P.L.P expected to win now that women voted they did not. Instead they only won 8 of the 29 seats. In an effort to change the electoral system the P.L.P called for change in the constituency boundaries. The principle of majority rule had been one for which the P.L.P fought long and hard for in the early years of the party, one of its objectives was to see that there was an implementation of majority rule with the greatest possible dispatch. A positive program of preparedness in which Bahamians could be trained to assume and manage their own affairs at all levels. The UBP fought against the change and were uncompromising. The P.L.P sought to change desperate state of affairs and the UBP fought with every inch of the way. They even sent a powerful delegation to London seeking full executive authority to run the affairs of the country. In 1964 the Bahamas gained more control over its affairs garnering internal self-rule. The Executive Council was abolished and Sir Roland Symonette became the first premier among other things. In April 1965 the constituency boundaries which were drawn to favor the UBP. The Black Tuesday event is believed to be the most significant in the struggle for majority rule According to Source B, it is so called for the, “American usage for the day of the Wall Street Crash in 1929 .” Arthur Foulkes was believed to have coined the name on that day. Sir Lynden, then leader of the opposition, during a heated debate over the issue of the boundaries, got up, when the UBP members would not compromise grabbed the Mace, the symbol of the authority of the Speaker opened the window and threw it out to the crowd below. He later said that he had not planned to do so, that he was caught up in the moment, for the thousands that came out to witness him throwing the Mace, the symbol of the Speaker’s authority out the Eastern window of the House Of Assembly. The act he said, “was spontaneous” (Source B) Sir Milo Butler who later became the first Bahamian governor general followed by the throwing of the speaker’s hour glass through the window as well. The act made them legends in the minds of many Bahamians. The police came and read the crowd the Riot Act, demanding that they leave the square which they did. The Party members led their supporters from Bay Street as they did not want to start a Riot similar to The Burma Road Riot of 1942. However this event became a landmark, one that was seen as, “The height of his political career.” Following this the P.L.P emerged stronger as the party’s popular support increased.