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oapen-20.500.12657-587502022-10-15T03:19:27Z Darcus Howe Bunce, Robin Field, Paul General and world history Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Human rights, civil rights bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLW 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000::HBLW3 Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies::JFSL3 Black & Asian studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPW Political activism bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories::BG Biography: general::BGH Biography: historical, political & military 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. 2022-10-14T14:53:11Z 2022-10-14T14:53:11Z 2013 book ONIX_20221014_9781849666510_81 9781849666510 9781849666503 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58750 eng application/pdf n/a 9781849666503.pdf Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic 10.5040/9781472544407 10.5040/9781472544407 066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b 9781849666510 9781849666503 Bloomsbury Academic 256 London open access
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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.
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