1950s
• Immigrates to Canada from Trinidad-Tobago
• Begins his campaign to end the citizenship oath to the Queen
1960s
• Chair of the first Caribana Festival
• Defends Black Panthers seeking to escape the unfair U.S. legal system
1970s
• Establishes the Movement for Minority Electors to encourage more people of colour to run for office
• Wins case against deportation of Jamaican nannies
1980s
• Co-founds Black Action Defense Committee
1990s
• Chair of the Pan-African Movement’s Canadian branch
• Appointed lead defence counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
• Organizer for Martinsday
• Argues in federal court that the oath to the Queen violates the Charter
2000s
• Executive member Citizens for a Canadian Republic
• Local organizer for the National Conference of Black Lawyers
