C. L. R. JAMES (1901-1989) was a Trinidadian-born historian, literary critic, and philosopher, and a leader of the pan-African movement. A prodigious and eclectic intellectual, he debated Marcus Garvey in England, confronted Trotsky in Mexico, and influenced leaders of African revolutions including Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. He is perhaps best remembered for his 1938 masterwork, The Black Jacobins, the first major analysis of the Haitian Revolution in the context of the French Revolution. In addition to his works of history and his political activism, he was known for sports writing, playwriting, and fiction; his novel Minty Alley, written in 1927, was the first by a Black person from the West Indies to be published in Britain and his 1963 book, Beyond a Boundary, has been hailed as the best book on cricket ever written.
“One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and
abolition. . . . Provocative and empowering.” –The New York Times
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"Brilliantly conceived and executed.... The absorbing narrative
never departs from its rigid faithfulness to method and
documentation." —Books
"Mr. James is not afraid to touch his pen with the flame of ardent
personal feeling—a sense of justice, love of freedom, admiration
for heroism, hatred for tyranny—and his detailed, richly documented
and dramatically written book holds a deep and lasting interest."
—The New York Times
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