Nkrumah left the Gold Coast in 1935 to study in the United States. He was determined to obtain advanced education, which he believed to be the most important thing in order to overcome the Gold Coast’s problems. It was his goal to eventually return to the Gold Coast and help free his people from economic, social and political oppression.

By the time Kwame Nkrumah left the United States in May, 1945, he achieved B

On 19 February, 1951, the new Governor, Sir Noble Arden-Clarke, freed Nkrumah and others from prison after 13 months of detention. On the same day Nkrumah was asked to develop a government and become Leader of Government Business in the first African ruled government of the Gold Coast and the National Assembly. Nkrumah agreed, but warned that he would not rest "until full self-government within the Commonwealth was achieved". With that declaration, he revealed his first cabinet of 4 Europeans and 7 Africans. The following year Nkrumah spent most of his time and energy on the creation of a fair constitution, and in March of 1952 Nkrumah was made Prime Minister.

New Years Day, 1950, began with labor shutdowns in every industrial and commercial facility. The government reacted right away by arresting more than 200 CPP and CYO leaders, including Nkrumah.

Upon his return to th

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