A Platinum Pinnacle HALF MOON IN JAMAICA CELEBRATES SEVEN DECADES .
By Jillian Dara
IN 1954 , THE BIGGEST U . S . news story of the year saw the U . S . Supreme Court unanimously rule that “ separate educational facilities are inherently unequal ,” legally ending racial segregation in public schools .
At the same time in Jamaica , while the country was still eight years away from officially declaring independence , significant markers were being laid . The year before , Alexander Bustamante had become Jamaica ’ s first chief minister ( the preindependence title for head of government ). The following year , Norman Manley
– for whom the International Airport in Kingston is named – would assume the same role .
Civil and political change was happening and , on the northern coast of Jamaica , a real estate purchase would take place that would forever change the trajectory of tourism for the island – especially in the Montego Bay area .
A RICH HISTORY “ We ’ ve come so far from our humble beginnings ,” says Guy Steuart III , chairman of the board of Half Moon .
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