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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, 74, Trinidadian-born British civil rights activist, ... Indian actress and model, car crash. [531] Jonathan Dele, 70, Nigerian Olympic boxer .
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 British Black Panther Movement were under extensive State surveillance by the Special Branch's "Black Power Desk". Top-secret documents were uncovered by Robin Bunce and Paul Field while writing their political biography of Darcus Howe. The State sought to end the Black Power movement and imprison leading figures within the BPM. [31]
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.
Kirby landed the role of Darcus Howe in the "Mangrove" installment of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, which premiered in 2020. It was the first time he got to play an explicitly Caribbean character. [6] For his performance, he won the 2021 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2004, English Heritage unveiled a blue plaque in Brixton, London, [54] at 165 Railton Road (a building that housed the offices of Darcus Howe's Race Today Collective), inscribed: "C. L. R. JAMES 1901–1989 West Indian Writer and Political Activist lived and died here". [89] [90] [91]
Black activists, including Darcus Howe, organised a march for the "Black People's Day of Action" on 2 March. [9] Accounts of turnout vary from 5,000 [ 10 ] to 20,000 [ 11 ] to 25,000. [ 12 ] The marchers walked 17 miles from Deptford to Hyde Park , passing the Houses of Parliament and Fleet Street .