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

• Autore: Swan Quito
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2009.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.097299
• Soggetto topico: Social history; Civilization - History; America - History; Imperialism; History, Modern; Social History; Cultural History; History of the Americas; Imperialism and Colonialism; Modern History
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Black Power in Bermuda
• ISBN: 9786612765223; 9781282765221; 1282765221; 9780230102187; 0230102182
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961784603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary Black History