Jeffrey B. Perry

November 3, 2010 is the scheduled publication date for the paperback edition of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" -- Click here

Larry A. Greene, review of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" from the Summer 2010 "New Politics" -- Click here

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On March 10, 2010 Columbia University Press announced that they will publish a paperback edition of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918," which is scheduled to be available by November 2010.

"Unsung History: Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" by Jonathan Gramling, "Capital City Hues," Madison, WI, February 11, 2010 See http://www.capitalcityhues.com/021110Hubertharrison1.html

"This critically important book will do for Harrison what . . . Lewis did for Du Bois . . . [and] Rampersad . . . for Hughes . . . Essential. All levels/libraries."-- W. Glasker Choice, American Library Association.

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Herb Boyd, "Biography Highlights Harlem Intellectual," review of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918," Amsterdam News, August 21, 2009 (bottom)

Readers are encourged to look at Herb Boyd’s "Neworld Review" review of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" (see Reviews). Herb Boyd is the author of "Baldwin's Harlem" and "The Harlem Reader," he is a writer and columnist for the "Amsterdam News," and he is managing editor for "One World Today."
Boyd writes, in part:
“[Hubert] Harrison’s incomparable intellect, uncompromising integrity, and the influence he had on the thinkers of his day is gradually emerging from the shadows of obscurity, thanks largely to the yeoman and independent working class scholarship of Jeffrey B. Perry. . . .
Anyone interested in the history of Harlem will find an inexhaustible supply of information in Perry’s chapter “Focus on Harlem.” But it’s hard to single out any one chapter since Harrison’s life was inseparably attached to Harlem where his forums, his paper The Voice, his charisma and his redoubtable socialism made him one of the most compelling men of his times.
Indeed, during those days when he walked the streets of Harlem, or any other part of the city, he was widely acknowledged for his vast storehouse of facts and information, and now through Perry’s prodigious research Harrison’s brilliance can once more engage a generation eager to find inspiration and renewed political spirit.
As the pundits bandy about the possibility we may be living in a post-racial society given the ascendancy of Barack Obama, Perry’s study of Harrison’s life and the redemption of his legacy is never more pertinent than when he writes: “Hubert Harrison understood white supremacy to be central to capitalist rule in the United States.”
Add prophecy to Harrison’s impressive resume."