Black power in Bermuda : the struggle for decolonization / / Quito Swan.

• Superior document: Contemporary Black history
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Swan, Quito.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Black history.
• Physical Description: xxii, 240 p. :; ill., maps.

"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 with revolutionary organizations across the African diaspora, such as the Black Panthers. Emerging in the late 1960s, the movement witnessed the assassinations of Bermuda's British chief of police and governor (1972-1973). Swan carefully details the island's colonial government's attempts to destroy the movement through military tactics, extensive propaganda, and the implementation of token social concessions"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

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.