Today in History, exactly 69 years ago, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was released from Prison on February 12, 1951 after his party, the Convention People’s Party (CPP), won the 1951 elections. The British assembled a selected commission of middle-class Africans, including all the Big Six except Nkrumah, to draft a new constitution that would give Ghana … Continue reading TODAY IN HISTORY: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah released from jail in 1951