Butler, Tubal Uriah Buzz

LC control no.	n 82134494
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Butler, Tubal Uriah Buzz *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Butler, T. U. B. (Tubal Uriah Buzz)
Associated country	Trinidad
Associated place	Grenada
Birth date	1897
Death date	1997
Place of birth	Grenada
Affiliation	Grenada Representative Government Movement British Empire Workers and Citizens Home Rule Party Butler Party Trinidad Labour Party Oilfields Workers' Trade Union
Profession or occupation	Labor leaders Politicians
Found in	Butler versus the king, c1976. Obika, N. An introduction to the life and times of T.U.B. Butler, the father of the nation, 1983: t.p. (T.U.B. Butler) p. 1 (b. 1/21/1897 in Grenada; d. 2/20/77 in Trinidad) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed January 6, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Butler, Tubal Uriah; union leader, politician; born 1897 in Grenada; affiliated with Grenada Representative Government Movement, Grenada; settled in Fyzabad, Trinidad (1921); became influential in Trinidad Labour Party (TLP); left TLP and formed British Empire Workers and Citizens Home Rule Party (BEW) (1936); appointed general organizer in Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU); after the outbreak of World War II (1939) was identified as a security risk and imprisoned until the end of the war; freed from prison (1945); ran for a seat in Port-of-Spain, and lost; formed the Butler Party (1950); won as his district's representative (Fyzabad) (1950 and 1956); member of the official delegation to England to discuss constitutional reform with the British government (1961); was defeated in the general elections (1961); awarded Trinidad's highest honor, the Trinity Cross (1975); died 1997)