The Black movement was influenced by a number of factors including Malcolm X’s disagreements of Martin Luther King’s peaceful methods. Naturally, if they were not going the route of peace it meant that their activism would be mainly violent, and it was. Though it was peaceful in some sense, African Americans still decided that violence was a way to get what they wanted which is why Malcolm X appealed to them so much. However, The Black Power Movement did become popular in other countries, one of them being Jamaica.
In the 1960s when the Black Power Movement came to Jamaica, Jamaica had just gained independence from the British Empire. At the time Prime Minster, Hugh Shearer for the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) was the only Black cabinet minister; the others were White business elites. During this time there was a …show more content…
Guyanese historian, Walter Rodney became a lecturer at The University of West Indies where he became popular for his teachings of Black Power in Jamaica. Hugh Shearer (Prime Minster) had banned all African American literature, also literature of The Black Power Movement during this time, including Malcolm X’s autobiography. He and his
government went on to banning Walter Rodney himself from entering the country because of his openness about The Black Power Movement. “[T]he decision to ban him sparked major disturbances, culminating in a rising in the capital city of Kingston.” (West, Micheal O. “Walter Rodney and Black Power: Jamaican Intelligence and US Diplomacy" African Journal of Criminology & Justice Studies 1.2 (November 2005)) which led to a series of events, including a riot of radicals who supported Rodney. “Rodney had become a threat to the tourist industry” (West, Micheal
In the 1960s when the Black Power Movement came to Jamaica, Jamaica had just gained independence from the British Empire. At the time Prime Minster, Hugh Shearer for the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) was the only Black cabinet minister; the others were White business elites. During this time there was a …show more content…
Guyanese historian, Walter Rodney became a lecturer at The University of West Indies where he became popular for his teachings of Black Power in Jamaica. Hugh Shearer (Prime Minster) had banned all African American literature, also literature of The Black Power Movement during this time, including Malcolm X’s autobiography. He and his
government went on to banning Walter Rodney himself from entering the country because of his openness about The Black Power Movement. “[T]he decision to ban him sparked major disturbances, culminating in a rising in the capital city of Kingston.” (West, Micheal O. “Walter Rodney and Black Power: Jamaican Intelligence and US Diplomacy" African Journal of Criminology & Justice Studies 1.2 (November 2005)) which led to a series of events, including a riot of radicals who supported Rodney. “Rodney had become a threat to the tourist industry” (West, Micheal