Title Hubert Harrison : the voice of Harlem radicalism, 1883-1918 / Jeffrey B. Perry

Published New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents Intellectual growth and development -- Crucian roots (1883-1900) -- Self-education, early writings, and the Lyceums (1900-1907) -- In full-touch with the life of my people (1907-1909) -- Secular thought, radical critiques, and criticism of Book T. Washington (1905-1911) -- Socialist radical -- Hope in socialism (1911) -- Socialist writer and speaker (1912) -- Dissatisfaction with the party (1913-1914) -- Toward independence (1914-1915) -- The "New Negro Movement" -- Focus on Harlem: the birth of the "New Negro Movement" (1915-1917) -- Founding the Liberty League and The Voice (April-September 1917) -- Race-conscious activism and organizational difficulties (August-December 1917) -- The Liberty Congress and the Resurrection of The Voice (January-July 1918) -- Appendix: Harrison on his character Summary Hubert Harrison was an immensely skilled writer, orator, educator, critic, and political activist who, more than any other political leader of his era, combined class consciousness and anti-white-supremacist race consciousness into a coherent political radicalism. Harrison's ideas profoundly influenced ""New Negro"" militants, including A. Philip Randolph and Marcus Garvey, and his synthesis of class and race issues is a key unifying link between the two great trends of the Black Liberation Movement: the labor- and civil-rights-based work of Martin Luther King Jr. and the race and nati Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Harrison, Hubert H. Harrison, Hubert H. -- Political and social views SUBJECT Harrison, Hubert H. fast Subject African American intellectuals -- Biography Radicalism -- United States -- History African Americans -- Intellectual life. Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. HISTORY -- United States -- General. African American intellectuals African Americans -- Intellectual life Harlem Renaissance Intellectual life Political and social views Race relations Radicalism Social conditions SUBJECT Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95005084 United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140515 United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780231511223 0231511221

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