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Darcus Howe (born 26 February 1943)〔 is a British broadcaster, writer, and civil liberties campaigner. Originally from Trinidad, Howe arrived in England intending to study law, where he joined the British Black Panthers, the first such branch of the organisation outside the United States.〔("Darcus Howe: A Political Biography" ), Bloomsbury, accessed 13 August 2011.〕 He came to public attention in 1970 as one of the Mangrove Nine, when he marched to the police station in Notting Hill, London, to protest against police raids of the Mangrove restaurant, and again in 1981 when he organised a 20,000-strong "Black People's March" in protest at the handling of the investigation into the New Cross Fire, in which 13 black teenagers died.〔("Darcus Howe" ), ''The Guardian'', accessed 13 August 2011.〕 He is a former editor of ''Race Today'', and former chair of the Notting Hill Carnival. He is best known in the UK for his ''Black on Black'' series on Channel 4; his current affairs programme, ''Devil's Advocate''; and his work with Tariq Ali on ''Bandung File''. His television work also includes ''White Tribe'' (2000), a look at modern Britain and its loss of "Englishness"; ''Slave Nation'' (2001); ''Who You Callin' a Nigger?'' (2004); and ''Is This My Country?'' (2006), a search for his West Indian identity.〔("Darcus Howe season" ), Channel 4, accessed 13 August 2011. *Vallely, Paul. ("Darcus Howe: The bruiser" ), ''The Independent'', 22 October 2005.〕 He writes columns for ''New Statesman'' and ''The Voice''. ==Early life and early career== Howe (christened Leighton Rhett Radford)〔("Darcus Howe Papers, 1965–2008" ), Columbia University Libraries.〕 was born in Moruga,〔(Darcus Howe at IMDb. )〕 Trinidad, the son of an Anglican priest. He first moved to England at the age of 18,〔Howe, Darcus, ("The heroic struggle of black parenthood" ), ''New Statesman'', 12 March 2007.〕 arriving on the SS ''Antilles'' at Southampton.〔 He intended to study law at Middle Temple, but left the law for journalism. He returned to Trinidad, where his uncle and mentor, radical intellectual C. L. R. James, inspired him to combine writing with political activism. A brief spell as assistant editor on the Trinidad trade union paper ''The Vanguard'' was followed by a return to Britain, where he served as editor of the magazine ''Race Today'' from 1973 to 1985. He became a member of the British Black Panther Movement, and in the summer of 1970 took part in a protest against the frequent police raids of the Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill, where he worked on the till. The restaurant had become a meeting place for black people, serving as what Howe called the "headquarters of radical chic".〔Howe, Darcus. ("If I pleaded guilty, said the lawyer, I'd only get five years" ), ''New Statesman'', 4 December 1998.〕 It was raided 12 times between January 1969 and July 1970 by police looking for drugs, and so 150 demonstrators marched on the local police station in protest, a demonstration that ended in violence. Six weeks later, Howe and eight others—the Mangrove Nine—were arrested for riot, affray and assault. He and four of his co-defendants were acquitted of all charges after a celebrated 55-day trial in 1971 at the Old Bailey, which included an unsuccessful demand by Howe for an all-black jury, and fighting in the dock when some of the defendants tried to punch the prison officers.〔For the demand for an all-black jury, see Bunce, Robin and Paul Field, ("Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill" ), ''The Guardian'', 29 November 2010. *For the fight in the dock, see ("Brawl in dock at Old Bailey" ), ''The Glasgow Herald'', 13 November 1971.〕 The judge stated that there was "evidence of racial hatred on both sides"—the first acknowledgement from a British judge that there was racial hatred in the Metropolitan Police Service.〔("Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill" ), ''The Guardian'', 29 November 2010.〕 In 1977 Howe was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for assault, after a racially motivated altercation at a London Underground Station, but was released upon appeal after protests over his arrest. Linton Kwesi Johnson contributed a song, "Man Free (For Darcus Howe)", to the campaign for his release. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Darcus Howe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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