[1] Payne attended Bay Street Boys' School, and subsequently worked for some years as a junior clerk.
[1] In Bridgetown, capital of Barbados, in 1937, Payne led black Barbadians to resist the white planter class.
After Payne was deported, four days of rioting ensued, during which stores were burned and looted and cars pushed into the sea.
In its report, it insisted on reforms that Payne had proposed, including the introduction of trade union legislation.
The Clement Payne Cultural Centre was set up in Barbados in 1989 to perpetuate his memory and to continue his work of enlightening Barbadians about their history and struggle.