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Black power in Bermuda : the struggle for decolonization /

A transnational, pan-African youth movement, Black Power in Bermuda sought freedom for Blacks from the island's White oligarchy and independence from British colonialism. It was spearheaded by activists such as Pauulu Kamarakafego and the Black Beret Cadre. The Cadre maintained relationships wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swan, Quito (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Contemporary Black history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the truth is an offense : Black power in a British colony
  • Negroes dressed in insolence : boycotts, Black Muslims, and racial uprisings
  • Another unknown soldier : Pauulu
  • A Bermuda Triangle of imperialism
  • Blueprint for freedom : Bermuda's Black Power Conference of 1969
  • 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 : "Erskine" Buck Burrows and the assassinations (1972-1977)
  • Conclusion: Babylon give them a ride : Blackness in contemporary Bermuda.