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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812381503321

Autore

Swan Q

Titolo

Black Power in Bermuda [[electronic resource] ] : The Struggle for Decolonization / / by Q. Swan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-76522-1

9786612765223

0-230-10218-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Black History

Disciplina

323.097299

Soggetti

Social history

Civilization—History

America—History

Imperialism

History, Modern

Social History

Cultural History

History of the Americas

Imperialism and Colonialism

Modern History

Bermuda Islands Race relations History 20th century

Bermuda Islands History Autonomy and independence movements

Bermuda Islands Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.