Introduction
Chapter 1. Women Pioneers in the Garvey Movement
Chapter 2. The Struggle for Black Emigration
Chapter 3. Organizing in the Jim Crow South
Chapter 4. Dreaming of Liberia
Chapter 5. Pan-Africanism and Anticolonial Politics
Chapter 6. Breaks, Transitions, and Continuities
Epilogue
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Set the World on Fire highlights the black nationalist women who fought for national and transnational black liberation from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Keisha N. Blain is Professor of History and Africana Studies at Brown University.
"Blain illuminates an oft-ignored period of black nationalist and
internationalist activism in the U.S.: the Great Depression, World
War II, and early Cold War. Her engrossing study shows that much of
this activism was led by African-American and Afro-Caribbean women.
. . . Adding essential chapters to the story of this movement,
Blain expands current understanding of the central roles played by
female activists at home and overseas."
*Publishers Weekly (starred review)*
"In a remarkable act of historical recovery, Blain expertly traces
the vital role women played in shaping black nationalist politics
between the 1920s and 1960s. . . . Essential reading to anyone
wanting to better understand the history of race, empire, and
imperialism in the twentieth century. Perhaps most important
though, Blain provides us with a timely reminder of the militancy
and tenacity of the women who were at the heart of black
nationalist politics. . . . These women created the ideological and
practical tools for future generations of activists to take up the
global struggle against white supremacy."
*H-Diplo*
"Set the World on Fire is history at its very best. Keisha Blain
has given us an unobstructed window into the minds of black
nationalist women. Sharp voices and gripping stories reveal a
philosophical flexibility paired with an inflexible challenge to
global white supremacy."
*Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped
from the Beginning*
"Set the World on Fire shows us what is hidden in plain sight. More
importantly, she lays bare the foundational elements of black
nationalist thought and practice. In short, women were not simply
helpmates to men, but the creators and constructors of the
intellectual, ideological, and organizational underpinnings of the
black nationalist project in the 20th century."
*Public Books*
"Keisha Blain has dug deeply into twentieth-century history to
reveal the personal and political lives of African diaspora women
determined to Set the World on Fire as they walked a fine line
between leading and adhering to the black nationalist dictate of
masculine leadership. Drawing upon a range of materials, including
FBI files, personal letters, newspapers, and federal census
records, Blain details every step of these women's organizing
efforts and their pan-African visions."
*Ula Taylor, author of The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the
Nation of Islam*
"Set the World on Fire illuminates a dark though important area of
history. Deftly written, it is also a signal contribution to
African American studies and women's studies. It shines brightening
light on a previously-and scandalously-neglected topic."
*Gerald Horne, author of Facing the Rising Sun: African
Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity*
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