Black Power in Bermuda: the struggle for decolonization

Black Power in Bermuda: the struggle for decolonization

Swan, Quito

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This book examines the impact of Black Power on the British colony of Bermuda, where the 1972-73 assassinations of its British Police Commissioner and Governor reflected the Movement's denouncement of British imperialism and the island's racist and oligarchic society. INDICE: - Introduction: The Truth is An Offense: Black Power in a British Colony - Negroes Dressed in Insolence: Boycotts, Black Muslims and Racial Uprisings (1959-1968) - Another Unknown Soldier: Pauulu Kamarakafego - A Bermuda Triangle of Imperialism - Blueprint for Freedom: The 1969 Black Power Conference - Wake the Town and Tell the People: The Black Beret Cadre Emerges - The Empire Strikes Back: The Government's War Against the Berets - We Don't Need No Water: The Cadre Burns the Union Jack - Robin Hood Was Black in My Hood: 'Buck'Burrows and the Assassinations (1972-1977) - Conclusion: Babylon Gave Them a Ride: Blackness in Contemporary Bermuda

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-61906-7
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 264
  • Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés