Description
| Product ID: | 9781448218080 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Renegade |
| Subtitle: | The Life and Times of Darcus Howe |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Field, Robin Bunce |
| Page Count: | 496 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, History, Ethnic studies, Political activism / Political engagement, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Black & Asian studies, Political activism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
| Description: | 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Caravel |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-04-15 |
