#darcus howe

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Darcus Howe, Black British civil rights activist, circa early 1970s

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1983

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SMALL AXE: MANGROVE (2020) dir. Steve McQueen

Featuring Malachi Kirby as Darcus Howe

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Darcus Howe 

(February 26, 1943 - April 1, 2017)

Today we celebrate the life of Rhett Radford Leighton “Darcus” Howe. 

We remember his work as a television broadcaster, organiser, civil rights activist, member of the British Black Panther Movement and editor of Race Today.

Darcus Howe’s Political Biography by Robin Bunce and Paul Field is open access on Bloomsbury Collections:

www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/darcus-howe-a-political-biography

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the guy at the end is darcus howe and watching him in this episode is like watching someone sent to their own personal hell. not included here: the bit right after this when the entire party breaks into “rule britannia” and the camera zooms in on his completely exhausted expression. 

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Photograph by Charlie Phillips, 'Free Darcus Howe Protest' in London (1977)

Born in Trinidad in 1943, Darcus Howe became a key figure in black British activism during the 1970s, especially within the Notting Hill community. In 1977 Howe was tried and controversially imprisoned on charges of assault following an altercation at Notting Hill Gate tube station. There was strong support for Howe’s release, including a picket line outside the Royal Courts of Justice.

Dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, who was involved in the British Black Panther movement with Howe, created the campaign song ‘Man Free (For Darcus Howe)’. The lyrics describe the demonstration: ‘so we step it up the Strand to make our stand, we step it up the Strand to the Courts of Justice.’ Howe’s supporters were successful and he was released after a week in jail.

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Darcus Howe, who sadly died today, rallying anti-fascists at speaker’s corner in Lewisham,1977. Photo by Syd Shelton.