- He was a British broadcaster, writer, and civil liberties campaigner
| Born: | 16 February 1943 Comment | | When did Darcus Howe die? / Died | 01 April 2017 | | How many years did Darcus Howe live? / Lived | 74 years | | Where was Darcus Howe born? | Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago | | Where did Darcus Howe die? / Deathplace | Streatham, London, United Kingdom | | Zodiac sign: | Aquarius |
Darcus Howe Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Darcus Howe worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | British, Trinidadian |
Who was Darcus Howe? / Facts
- Originally from Trinidad, Howe arrived in England intending to study law
- There he joined the British Black Panthers, a group named in sympathy with the eponymous US organisation
- 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
- He was an editor of Race Today, and chair of the Notting Hill Carnival
- He was 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 included 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
- He wrote columns for the New Statesman and The Voice
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