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Leighton Rhett Radford "Darcus" Howe (26 February 1943 – 1 April 2017) [1] [2] was a British broadcaster, writer [3] and racial justice campaigner. Originally from Trinidad , Howe arrived in England as a teenager in 1961, intending to study law and settling in London.
Darcus Howe; Elton Anthony Carlisle Inniss, [6] [7] aka Anthony Carlisle Innis, [5] was born in Morvant, Trinidad in 1947, into a wealthy and educated family. He was sent to England to get an education, and there met his Irish wife. He was a musician and passionate about African culture.
It was founded by BPM members including Darcus Howe, Farrukh Dhondy, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Mala Sen. [24] The group was initially known as the British Black Power Movement, but after about a year, changed its name to the British Black Panthers. [5]
Renowned Black figures from a cross-section of industries will feature, from Seal and Whitney Houston to Naomi Campbell, Trevor McDonald, Darcus Howe, Linford Christie and more
The New Cross fire, described by Darcus Howe in 2011 as "the blaze we cannot forget", is significant as a turning point in the relationship between Black Britons, the police and the media, and marks an "intergenerational alliance to expose racism, injustices and the plight of black Britons". [12]
[3] [9] [6] She recruited a central core of activists into the movement, including Darcus Howe and Eddie LeCointe. Eddie LeCointe, her husband, was also a leading figure of the British Black Panther Movement. [3] Jones-LeCointe was a Panther teacher; she spoke at schools and taught classes in anti-colonialism.
Topics covered in the book fair forums included a discussion in 1982, with Jessica Huntley as presenter, on "Racist and fascist attacks on Black, left-wing and community booksellers and other institutions in Britain", [32] or, in 1984, a forum entitled "Migrant Struggles in Britain and Europe", chaired by Darcus Howe. [27]
Crichlow, Darcus Howe, and several others marched on the police station in 1970 in protest against the constant police attention. [4] The Mangrove Nine, as they became known, faced charges of incitement to riot. Although the charges were initially dismissed, they were later reinstated, and all nine were arrested in morning police raids.