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The black power revolution of 1970 


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TAPIA
Trinidad express
trinidad guardian

books, essays & other publications

  • Black Power by CLR James (1967 Speech) 
  • De Roaring Seventies: An Introduction to the Politics of the 1970s by Zeno Obi Constance
  • ​Guerilla Ganja Gun Girl: Policing Revolutionaries from Notting Hill to Laventille by W. Chris Johnson (Published 13.10.14)
  • Brian Meeks, Radical Caribbean: From Black Power to Abu Bakr, University of the West Indies Press, 1996, ISBN 978-9766400231
  • Selwyn Ryan & Taimion Stewart (eds), The Black Power Revolution 1970: A Retrospective;
  • Susan Craig, "Background to the 1970 Confrontation" in Contemporary Caribbean;
  • Ian K. Ramdhanie & Vidya Lall (eds), The Deosaran Files: Two Decades of Social and Political Commentary (1971- 1991); Volume 2: Race, Politics and Democracy;
  • Ralph Premdas (ed.), Ethnicity and identity in the Caribbean: Decentering a Myth, The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (1996)
  • Holger Henke & Fred Reno (eds), Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean, University of the West Indies Press, ISBN 978-9766401351
  • Bridget Brereton, General History of the Caribbean: The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century; Volume V;
  • Clement Burkett, Reflections of a Soldier: A Memoir of 1970 and Events Before and After.



personalities

NJAC
Makandal Daaga (Geddes Granger)
Khafra Kambon (Dave Darbeau)
Apoesho Mutope
Ayegoro Ome (Dave Murray)
Winston Leonard
Basil Davis


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Black Panther Party (US)
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
NUFF
Allan Harewood
Beverly Jones
Jennifer Jones
Andrea Jacob
Clive Peters
Carl Pegus
Constantine Scott
Terrence Thornhill
Randolph Hernandez
​Clem Wong
Clyde Haynes
Kenneth Tenia
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Black Panther Movement (UK)
​Althea Jones-Lecointe
OWTU
George Weeks
Joe Young
TIWU
​Clive Nunez

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 I am for Black Power.  Broadcast by Eric Williams

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