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Explore 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 colonialism, Darcus 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.
Howe took a leading role in the defining struggles in Britain against institutional racism in the police, the courts and the media.
Renegade 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 a prominent journalist and political commentator.
List of contents
Foreword by Adam Elliott-CooperPreface to the Updated EditionPreface to the Paperback EditionAuthors' PrefaceIntroduction - '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 we are 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
NotesBibliographyIndex
About the author
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.
Summary
Explore 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 colonialism, Darcus 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.
Howe took a leading role in the defining struggles in Britain against institutional racism in the police, the courts and the media. Renegade 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 a prominent journalist and political commentator.
Foreword
Explore the struggle for racial justice in Britain through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial Black journalists and campaigners.
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Political biographies are to be treasured and those of revolutionary activists the more so. [.] Unknown to me then were the personal history and the strands of influence that had been synthesised into so extraordinary a creative political life. It is this rich exploration that I embark on in each rereading [.] This book delivers an understanding of how those enduring brilliant flashes that lit up the possibilities of resisting and winning in truth were achieved. This is the book I read. And share.
