Even though it was not an official chapter of the Black Panthers, it was the first Panther organization outside the U.S. The BBP was in its early years a male-dominated group, largely consisting of West Indians, Black Africans and South Asians. This followed a networking visit to the U.S. But in April 1968 when Egbuna was re-elected chairman, he turned it down and disclosed that he was forming the British Black Panthers (BBP). Not too long after Carmichael’s speech at the congress, Egbuna was elected chairman of the UCPA, which published a manifesto titled “Black Power in Britain”. At the congress, Carmichael called for the creation of militant Black Power in the UK to fight against the racist politics of the White British establishment, as one account stated.įollowing that congress, the Black Power movement in the UK started taking shape and anti-racist organizations such as the Universal Coloured People’s Association (UCPA) and the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination (CARD) adopted Black Power ideology. The congress, whose main speaker was Carmichael, had in attendance political activists, freedom fighters and radical academics.
Amid these concerns and demonstrations against the Vietnam War, a radical congress titled the “Dialectics of Liberation” was organized in north London in July 1967.
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