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ESSAY COMPETITIONS
Another vital link in the chain of activities to preserve and
promote the legacy of Michael Manley are annual Essay Competitions
in two categories -- for secondary-level students in Jamaica and
tertiary students throughout the Caribbean Community (Caricom). Cash
prizes are offered for first, second and third places in the two
categories, and the competition is administered by a panel of
outstanding educators and scholars.
(Click here
to see the 2004 winning essays)
MICHAEL MANLEY CENTRE
The Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, opened the Michael
Manley Centre at
the Foundation's headquarters, 1A Hope Boulevard, Kingston 6, on
December 10, 2004,
the 80th anniversary of Mr Manley's birth. The Centre is a
depository and showcase of Mr
Manley's documents and memorabilia. It includes books by and about
Michael Manley as
well as volumes from Mr Manley's private collection; scores of
articles that he wrote for
various academic and popular publications; speeches; statements;
messages and
correspondence. Among the artefacts are the "rod of correction"; the
emblems of the
Order of Supreme Companion of O.R. Tambo, conferred by the South
African
Government last June for Mr Manley's contribution to the
anti-apartheid struggle; letters
from United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush Senior;
and such personal
items as Mr Manley's birth certificate, passports, eyeglasses,
diaries and address book.
Several albums of photographs are included, as well as scores of
videotapes and
audiotapes.
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