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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961784603321

Autore

Swan Quito

Titolo

Black Power in Bermuda : The Struggle for Decolonization / / by Q. Swan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612765223

9781282765221

1282765221

9780230102187

0230102182

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

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.