Renegade: The Life and Times of Darcus Howe - Couverture souple

Bunce, Robin; Field, Paul

 
9781448218080: Renegade: The Life and Times of Darcus Howe

Synopsis

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.

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À propos des auteurs

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.

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9781408886205: Renegade: The Life and Times of Darcus Howe

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1408886200 ISBN 13 :  9781408886205
Editeur : Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2017
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