Books of African American political activists
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W. E. B. Du Bois: Scholar and Activist
By Mark Stafford, John DavenportGarvey's actions got bolder as the 1920s progressed. Impressed by his own success, he began to promote himself as a “Black Moses” striving to lead his people back to their African homeland. The Black Star Line, in which his supporters ...
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African-American Social Leaders and Activists
By Jack Rummel84 Green, Shields Garvey, and Randolph. ... 1825–1859) abolitionist, Harpers Ferry raid participant Born into slavery in South Carolina, Shields Green was one of five ... Further Reading Anderson, Osborne P. A Voice from Harpers Ferry.
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Returning Home: A Century of African-American Repatriation
By Robert Johnson, J.D.)Beginning with Paul Cuffe's journey to Sierra Leone in 1815 and ending with Bishop Henry McNeal Turner's efforts to promote repatriation as reparation for slavery, Returning Home chronicles the lives of nationalist thinkers and activists ...
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Die, Nigger, Die!: A Political Autobiography
By Jamil Al-AminThis explosive book, which was first published in 1969 and has long been unavailable, tells the story of the making of a revolutionary.
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Global Garveyism
By Ronald Jemal Stephens, Adam EwingThis volume--the first edited collection devoted to Garveyism studies in three decades--showcases original essays by scholars working in Africa, the West Indies, the Hispanic Caribbean, North America, and Australia.