Darcus Howe : a political biography / Robin Bunce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunce, R. E. R. (Robin E. R.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Politicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover-Page

Half-Title

Series

Dedication

Title

Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Note

Authors' Preface

Introduction

'Darcus Howe is a West Indian'

1 Son of a Preacher Man

Queen's Royal College

Many rivers to cross

Notes

2 'Dabbling with Revolution': Black Power Comes to Britain

Black Power in Britain and the dialectics of liberation

'L'ennui est contrerévolutionnaire'

Paris, 1968

The Black Eagles

The fall of Egbuna

3 Know Yourself

The 'University of Willesden'

4 Cause for Concern 5 'Darcus Howe is not a Comedian'

The Congress of Black Writers

Sojourn with SNCC

Black Dimension

6 Revolution in Trinidad: 'Seize Power and Send for James'

Bus strike

Groundings

The February revolution

Acceleration

Spontaneity, discipline and leadership

Ebb and flow

Emergency and rebellion

Epilogue

7 A Resting Place in Babylon: Frank Crichlow and the Mangrove

Frank Crichlow, the Mangrove and the Rio

'Under Siege'

8 Demonstration

August 9

The Action Committee for Defence of the Mangrove and the Black Panthers Notting Dale police station

The battle of Portnall Road

9 Clampdown

Government reaction

Press response

Before the Magistrate

10 55 Days at the Old Bailey

A movement is born

Radical legal strategy

Application for a black jury

Witness evidence

'Criminals, ponces and prostitutes'

Police witnesses

'Where was your face?'

Disintegration of the prosecution's case

Closing speeches

Verdict and sentencing

11 Towards Racial Justice

Breaking up the Panthers

Police and thieves

The Institute of Race Relations

Editing Race Today Back to Brixton

Becoming a Collective

12 Race Today: 'Come What May we are Here to Stay'

Backing protests

Relationship with James

Putting out the magazine

Basement Sessions

Beyond London

13 Ten Years on Bail: 'Darcus Outta Jail'

'The Old Bailey Three'

'Self defence is no offense'

Citizen Howe

The London case

The Bradford case

Conclusion: 'Six times framed, six times freed'

14 'Thirteen Dead and Nothing Said'

New Cross Massacre Action Committee

'A general strike of blacks'

The police and the media The Black People's Day of Action

15 Insurrection

Backlash

Howe before the riots

Army of Occupation

Swamp 81

The fire this time

16 Carnival: Revolutionaries Don't Wear Glitter

Creation for Liberation

Carnival

17 Playing Devil's Advocate

Before Channel 4

The Bandung File

The dissolution of the Race Today Collective

The death of James

Devil's Advocate

'They say "Get Back" we say "Fight Back!" '

The Hot Seat

18 Slave Nation

White Tribe

Darcus Howe is not a comedian?

The N-bomb

Shifting focus

New Statesman.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781472544407

1472544404

9781849664950

1849664951