Jeffrey B. Perry

Jeffrey B. Perry talked about Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 Columbia University Press). In the book Mr. Perry recounts the life of Hubert Harrison (1883-1927), a public intellectual, activist and founder of the “New Negro Movement” whose ideas combined race and class conscious and influenced Marcus Garvey.  Jeffrey Perry discusses his book with authors Mark Naison and Komozi Woodward.

Jeffrey Perry is the editor of A Hubert Harrison Reader (Wesleyan University Press) and preserved and inventoried the Hubert H. Harrison papers, currently housed at Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

To see the C-SPAN Video fro January 21, 2009 CLICK HERE!
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Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawrence College), Mark Naison (Fordham University), and Jeffrey B. Perry discuss Hubert Harrison at Barnes and Noble, 82nd St. and Broadway, NYC, January 21, 2009. The recorded program was subsequently aired on C-Span. (Note—the start year for “Say Brother!” was 1968 – JP.) View a brief segment of the longer program HERE  Read More 

Three Hubert Harrison events are scheduled this week--
1. June 30, 2009, Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Book Talk/Slide Presentation on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918." Harlem YMCA, 180 W. 135th St., NYC.
2. July 3, 2009, Friday, 6:15 PM, Book TV--CSPAN2 television broadcast of January 21, 2009, Barnes & Noble (82nd St., NY), discussion of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of  Read More