Robin Bunce, Paul Field

Darcus Howe (eBook, ePUB)

A Political Biography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Darcus Howe: a Political Biography examines the struggle for racial justice in Britain, through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial black journalists and campaigners.

Born in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Howe became an uncompromising champion of racial justice. The book examines how Howe's unique political outlook was inspired by the example of his friend and mentor C.L.R. James, and forged in the heat of the American civil rights movement, as well as Trinidad's Black Power Revolution.

The book sheds new light on Howe's leading role in the defining struggles in Britain against institutional racism in the police, the courts and the media. It focuses on his part as a defendant in the trial of the Mangrove Nine, the high point of Black Power in Britain; his role in conceiving and organizing the Black People's Day of Action, the largest ever demonstration by the black community in Britain; and his later work as one of a prominent journalist and political commentator.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849666510
• Artikelnr.: 41152566

Autorenporträt

Robin Bunce is a Fellow of Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He specialises in the history of ideas, particularly the recent history of black radicalism in Britain. He has written for The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Independent and the New Statesman. Together with Samara Linton he published Diane Abbott: the Authorised Biography in 2020.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction - 'Darcus Howe is a West Indian' 1 Son of a Preacher
Man 2 ' Dabbling with Revolution ' : Black Power Comes to Britain 3 Know
Yourself 4 Cause for Concern 5 ' Darcus Howe is not a Comedian ' 6
Revolution in Trinidad: 'Seize Power and send for James' 7 A Resting Place
in Babylon: Frank Crichlow and the Mangrove 8 Demonstration 9 Clampdown 10
55 Days at the Old Bailey 11 Towards Racial Justice 12 Race Today: 'Come
what may here to stay' 13 Ten Years on bail: 'Darcus outta jail' 14
'Thirteen Dead and Nothing Said' 15 Insurrection 16 Carnival:
Revolutionaries Don't Wear Glitter 17 Playing Devil's Advocate 18 Slave
Nation 19 Fight to the Finish Bibliography Index