Black Power in the Caribbean Black Power in the Caribbean Black Power in the Caribbean refers to political and social movements in the Caribbean region from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s that focused on overturning the existing racist power structure. Guyanese academic Walter Rodney famously defined the movement as follows: “Black Power in the West Indies means three closely related things”: The Black Power movement in Jamaica developed in the 1960s. Major figures in the movement include Walter Rodney and the Abeng group. The Black Power movement in Trinidad & Tobago emerged in the late-1960s and came to a head with the Black Power Revolution in
Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (30 April 1785 – 15 May 1846) was an English peer and clergyman, styled The Honourable Spencer Rodney from 1802 until 1843. Rodney was educated at Westminster School and then matriculated at All Souls College, Oxford, which presented him to the living of Elmley, Kent in 1805. He took his BA from All Souls in 1807 and was elected a Fellow of the College; he later took his MA from All Souls in 1811. Rodney was appointed honorary vicar of Wonastow, Monmouthshire and rector of Luddenham, Kent in 1812. In