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Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean Radicalism in Early Twentieth Century America

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Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay, Claudia Jones, C.L.R. James, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farakhan—the roster of immigrants from the Caribbean who have made a profound have an effect on at the development of radical politics in america is extensive. On this magisterial and lavishly illustrated work, Winston James makes a speciality of the twentieth century’s first waves of immigrants from the Caribbean and their contribution to political dissidence in The united states.

Examining the way in which the characteristics of the societies they left shaped their perceptions of the land to which they traveled, Winston James draws sharp differences between Hispanic, Anglophone, and other non-Hispanic arrivals. He explores the interconnections between the Cuban independence struggle, Puerto Rican nationalism, Afro-American feminism, and black communism in the first turbulent decades of the twentieth century. He also provides fascinating insights into the peculiarities of Puerto Rican radicalism’s have an effect on in New York City and recounts the remarkable story of Afro-Cuban radicalism in Florida. Virgin Islander Hubert Harrison, whom A. Philip Randolph dubbed ‘the father of Harlem radicalism’, is rescued from the historical shadows by James’s analysis of his pioneering contribution to Afro-The united states’s radical tradition. Along with a subtle re-examination of Garvey’s Universal Negro Movement Association—including the exertions and contributions of its female members—James provides the most detailed exploration to this point undertaken of Cyril Briggs and his little-known but vital African Blood Brotherhood.

This diligently researched, wide ranging and sophisticated book will likely be welcomed by all those interested in the Caribbean and its émigrés, the Afro-American current within The united states’s radical tradition, and the history, politics, and culture of the African diaspora.

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