worsening relations between him and Nkrumah over what he perceived to be Nkrumah's financial indiscipline. He is alleged to have fled as there were plans to place him under preventive detention. While in exile, he is known to have continued to lobby the US over the Akosombo dam project. Gbedemah formed and led the National Alliance of Liberals into the 1969 general election. His campaign slogan "Say it loud, I am black and proud!" was taken from the popular James Brown tune. After the election, Gbedemah was barred from taking his seat in parliament. This followed a Supreme Court ruling, upholding the NLC barring members of the CPP accused of financial crimes from holding public office for ten years. This decision led him to retire from active involvement in politics. From 1957 to 1961, Gbedemah served as President of the World Federalist Movement, an international non-governmental organization promoting federal world government. Howard Johnson's restaurant incident In the United States, Gbedemah is most widely known from an incident on 10 October 1957 when U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologized to him after he was refused service in a Howard Johnson's restaurant in Dover, Delaware. Gbedemah told the staff: "The people here are of a lower social status than I am, but they can drink here and we can't. You can keep the orange juice and the change, but this is not the last you have heard of this." The incident resulted in Gbedemah being invited to breakfast at the White House. Positions For ministerial positions, see succession box. Leader, People's Movement for Freedom and Justice (1991 – ?) Founder and Leader, National Alliance of Liberals (1969) Member, Legislative Assembly, Ghana (1951 – ?) Manager and Editor, Accra Evening News (1949 – ?) Vice Chairman, Convention People's Party (1949 – ?) Works Gbedemah, K. A. It will not be "work and happiness for all"; an open letter being also an appeal to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and comment on and criticism of the proposed new 7 year Ghana development plan. [n.p.], 1962. [32p]. Notes 1913 births 1998 deaths Ghanaian MPs 1951–1954 Ghanaian MPs 1954–1956 Ghanaian MPs 1956–1965 Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966 Finance ministers of Ghana Health ministers of Ghana Labour ministers of Ghana Industry ministers of Ghana Trade ministers of Ghana United Gold Coast Convention politicians Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians National Alliance of Liberals politicians Ewe people Ghanaian independence activists Alumni of Achimota