Black Power in Britain

(Cont'd. from opposite page) The UCPA is new and young, and essentially grass roots. They say that the only people who can solve the problems of the Black man are Black men themselves, 'For too many years he has let the White man do his thinking for him .... the upshot is that he has gained many 'friends' and lost his own personality. The only way to retrieve himself is through the course of Black Power', UCPA members are drawn from all layer of the Black community, and have a programme of action on the domestic front which includes an advice bureau, establishment of nurseries for coloured children and run by coloured people, legal aid, protection and guidance to coloured people, and to undertake activities that will promote the emanc:pation of coloured people all over the world, The UCPA does not pretend to know all the answers, or claim that all their policies are correct. The important thing is that they strike a militant note in the Black community, they reject the reformism of the White liberals, they say that Black people must defend their interests with organisations that they control themselves, They have realised this through the experience of antiracialist organisations that have been dominated by Whites who have decided what is 'best' for coloured people, The UCPA want to change society - to revolutionise the Black community - that is why their manifesto must be welcomed.