Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918

Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism is a very interesting book.

Until I saw the Book TV segment about this book, I was unaware that a man like Harrison had lived and spoke so eloquently concerning the need for the meaningful participation of the disenfranched underpaid, over-charged peoples of Harlem, in particular, and by extension, the U.S. in general. I bought the book and have learned how Harrison was considered and treated as if he were a bothersome inconvenience by so many of the political and racial "leaders" who seemed to have been more willing to "go along to get along." I thank Jeffery Perry for his informative historical biography. I find it interesting that his name is rarely mentioned in other media venues.

Great book and the shipping was fast.

The author spends too much time with his involvement in the Socialist Party however I'm still reading. It has been difficult keeping my interest. This was a dynamic man but the story is told in a dry and plain way as if the author is trying to avoid telling the tale of a true radical who was a master teacher to others at the time!

This a fantastic autobiography about a Black male activist whom most people know very little about during this specific period of time in history. Hubert Harrison was a West Indian intellectual who was just as prominent in the Black Movement, but perhaps not as charismatic as his counterpart, the Jamaican born, Marcus Garvey.

The most underrated scholar and activist of all time. More people should read this book as it was very enlightening and informative.

Great read on a forgotten historic figure.

More people should be aware of this man, good book