The West Indian Students' Centre (WISC) was located at 1

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, London, in a building bought with the support of West Indian governments, and officially opened on 1 June 1955 by

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.David Clover
"Dispersed or Destroyed: Archives, the West Indian Students' Union, and Public Memory"
in Sandra Courtman (ed.), ''The Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference Papers'', Vol. 6, 2005, p. 8. ISSN 1471-2024. Hosting activities and events primarily for students from the West Indies, WISC also became a key London venue for others from the African diaspora, and provided facilities and a meeting place for such organisations as the West Indian Standing Committee, the

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, and the

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Eric Williams Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Trinidad and Tobago, British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to m ...

Forbes Burnham Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (20 February 1923 – 6 August 1985) was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985. He served as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1980 and then as its f ...

, and

Cheddi Jagan Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 199 ...

,Hon. D. A. C. Simmons
"Congratulatory Speeches"
THE House of Assembly Debates, Barbados Parliament, 5 December 2000.

References

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