Many Struggles : New Histories of African and Caribbean People in Britain / edited by Hakim Adi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adi, Hakim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africans--Great Britain--History.

West Indians--Great Britain--History.

Great Britain--Race relations--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2023]

Summary:

Explores the long history of Black people in Britain, with an emphasis on women, queer projects and political activism.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. 'A Diamond in the Dirt': The Experiences of Anne Sancho in Eighteenth-Century London

2. Out in the English Countryside: Black People in Eighteenth-Century Warwickshire

3. Chasing Shadows: Conducting a Regional Black History of Falmouth and Penryn during the Packet Boat Years of 1688 to 1850

4. 'Comrade Algerine Sankoh of West Africa': Pan-Africanist and Britain's First Black Revolutionary Socialist?

5. Dusé Mohamed Ali, the African Times and Orient Review and the British Government

6. Dark Lovers and Desdemonas: Gender, Race and Pan-Africanism in Britain, 1935-45

7. A Luta Continua: The Political Journey of Manchester's Black Women Activists, 1945-80

8. How West Indian Students and Migrants Cooperated in Fighting Racialised Injustices in Britain, 1950s-1970s

9. 'The Black Power Desk': The Response of the State to the British Black Power Movement

10. Black Power in Britain and the Caribbean: Establishing Connections, 1968-73

11. 'The Enemy in Our Midst': Caribbean Women and the Protection of Community in Leeds in the 1970s

12. Moving through Britain with Rastafari Women: Resistance and Unity in Babylon

13. The Black Parents' Movement

14. Mollie Hunte - Educational Psychologist, Educator and Activist: What Archival Collections Can Tell Us

15. 'Black Footprints': A Trio of Experiences

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Adi, Hakim Many Struggles

ISBN:

0-7453-4767-3

0-7453-4768-1