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Series
Publisher
Pluto Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxi, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the first major biography of Baldwin in more than a decade, Bill V. Mullen celebrates the personal and political life of the great African-American writer who changed the face of Western politics and culture. As a lifelong anti-imperialist, black queer advocate, and feminist, Baldwin (1924-1987) was a passionate chronicler of the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the U.S. war against Vietnam, Palestinian liberation struggle, and the rise of LGBTQ...
Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Un-American is Bill Mullen's revisionist account of renowned author and activist W.E.B. Du Bois's political thought toward the end of his life, a period largely dismissed and neglected by scholars. He describes Du Bois's support for what the Communist International called 'world revolution' as the primary objective of this aged radical's activism. Du Bois was a champion of the world's laboring millions and critic of the Cold War, a man dedicated...
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