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Informationen zum Autor 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. Paul Field worked as a journalist for many years, specialising in issues of policing, asylum and institutional racism, before becoming a lawyer specialising in the fields of discrimination and employment. Together with Robin Bunce, he was also a historical consultant on the Steve McQueen film Mangrove , and Rogan Productions’ Black Power: A British Story of Resistance . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This political and intellectual biography of Darcus Howe uses Howe's dramatic personal history as a lens through which to explore the British civil rights movement in the defining years of the 1970s and 80s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author ’ s Preface Introduction – ‘Darcus Howe is a West Indian’ 1 Son of a Preacher Man2 ‘ Dabbling with Revolution ’ : Black Power Comes to Britain 3 Know Yourself 4 Cause for Concern5 ‘ 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 Clampdown10 55 Days at the Old Bailey11 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 Insurrection16 Carnival: Revolutionaries Don’t Wear Glitter 17 Playing Devil’s Advocate 18 Slave Nation 19 Fight to the Finish Bibliography Index...
