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

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Contemporary Black history Contemporary Black history. Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Black Beret Cadre (Paget, Bermuda Islands) -- History SUBJECT Black Beret Cadre (Paget, Bermuda Islands) fast Subject Black power -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 20th century Black people -- Civil rights -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 20th century Youth movements -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 20th century Political activists -- Bermuda Islands -- Biography Decolonization -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 20th century National liberation & independence, post-colonialism -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- Bermuda. History of the Americas -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- Bermuda. Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- Bermuda. Civil rights & citizenship -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- Bermuda. Black & Asian studies -- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) -- Bermuda. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Autonomy and independence movements Black power Black people -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Decolonization Political activists Politics and government Race relations Youth movements National liberation & independence, post-colonialism -- Bermuda -- Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999. History of the Americas -- Bermuda -- Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999. Civics & citizenship -- Bermuda -- Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999. Ethnic studies -- Bermuda -- Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999. History. SUBJECT Bermuda Islands -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Bermuda Islands -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Bermuda Islands -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Bermuda Islands Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230102187 0230102182 9780230619067 0230619061 9780230109582 0230109586

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