Organisation founded
Founding of the Martinican Independence Movement, 1978
The lead organisation of the Martinican independence movement was formally established.
What happened
On 1 July 1978, Alfred Marie-Jeanne's "La Parole au Peuple" organisation became the Martinican Independence Movement.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: Alfred Marie-Jeanne, together with Garcin Malsa, Lucien Veilleur and Marc Pulvar, founded the organisation "La Parole au Peuple" in 1973, which became the Martinican Independence Movement (MIM) on 1 July 1978, seeking the decolonization and independence of Martinique from France; MIM had only limited electoral success until the 1990s.
- Martinican Independence Movement (Wikipedia) link, Founding and early history section. Source record