About the Author

Stephen M. Ward is associate professor of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, USA.

Reviews

Historian Stephen M. Ward's long-anticipated biography of the Detroit-based radical activist couple James and Grace Lee Boggs was well worth the wait. Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, the book weaves together the story of the couple's forty-year intellectual and romantic partnership with the history of black working-class insurgency in Detroit and the US black freedom movement.--Journal of African American History

A fascinating exploration of the labyrinthine world of mid-20th century American Marxist factionalism.--Labour/ Le Travail

Fills a gaping hole not just in the history of the lives of two extraordinary activists, but in the history of the 20th century U.S. Left, and the history of Detroit. People interested in any of the above should read this book.--
Against the Current

Ward's painstaking attention to the ideas of both James and Grace Lee Boggs helps to illuminate the rigor of their revolutionary thought, and he elegantly traces their shift from workers' liberation to black liberation.--Michigan Historical Review

Examines the intersections among Marxism, socialism, communism, Pan Africanism, labor activism, and civil rights in the 20th century. Recommended.--Choice

Will intrigue readers interested in the history of Detroit, black radicalism, civil rights, antidiscrimination efforts, social justice work, and urban activism.--Library Journal