Black for a Cause... Not Just Because...: The case of the 'Oval 4' and the story it tells of Black Power in 1970s Britain - Tapa blanda

Páginas: 306 Géneros: 12:JFSL1:Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies 12:JFSL:Ethnic studies 12:0:0 Sinopsis: In March, 1972, Winston Trew and three other black men were confronted at the Oval underground station, London, by a group of seven white men claiming to be policemen, who accused them of &ldquo,nicking handbags.&rdquo, An argument broke into pushing and shoving, and then escalated into a fight. When police arrived they were arrested as it turned out the white men they were fighting were themselves undercover policemen. They described their experience in the police station as a &lsquo,night of dread. , , After a 5-week trial at the Old Bailey the &lsquo,Oval 4 , were found guilty of attempting to steal, theft, and assault on police. All were jailed for 2 years. In 1973 they were released from prison after a &lsquo,successful Appeal. , The Oval 4 episode is an eye-opening event because it not only illustrated the character and contours of Black Power activism in Britain in the 1970s&mdash,resistance to police violence and corruption and judicial collusion&mdash,it also debunks the myth that the 1960s was the only period of Black Power activism in Britain.  , Praise for BLACK FOR A CAUSE ... NOT JUST BECAUSE ...  , &ldquo,...a profoundly original book ... there ,s nothing else like it.&rdquo,  ,-Chris Searle, Morning Star Online  , &ldquo,A brilliant book , ... This is the first I have read on the modern history of Black people (in Britain). , It is important that Black identity is dealt with in such an honest and powerful way.&rdquo, -Professor Emeritus Geoff , Palmer, Heriot Watt University, Scotland  , &ldquo,... makes for compelling reading... Possibly the first book on the British Black Power movement written from the inside.&rdquo, , -Harmitt Athwal, Institute of Race