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Hubert Harrison, "Poetry of Claude McKay" “Negro World” (May 21, 1921) and Claude McKay’s “Harlem Shadows”

Hubert Harrison, "Poetry of Claude McKay," “Negro World” (May 21, 1921) and Electronic Text of McKay’s “Harlem Shadows.” The text of this Harrison article is available in Jeffrey B. Perry's “A Hubert Harrison Reader” (Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2001) To read the Harrison article and "Harlem Shadows"
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For articles, audios, and videos by and about Hubert Harrison CLICK HERE

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Theodore W. Allen’s "The Invention of the White Race" (Verso Books) With References to Hubert Harrison Presentation by Jeffrey B. Perry May 4, 1917 Paul Robeson Freedom School Lecture Series, Brooklyn

This Thursday, May 4, 2017, at 6:00 PM
Jeffrey B. Perry will offer a slide presentation/talk on "Theodore W. Allen’s "'The Invention of the White Race’ and the Centrality of Struggle Against White Supremacy" (with some references to the life and work of Hubert Harrison) and Dr. Jahi Issa will offer a presentation on “American Slavery." Paul Robeson Freedom School Lecture Series at The Brooklyn Christian Center, 1061 Atlantic Ave (between Classon and Franklin Avenues), Brooklyn, NY. The event is FREE. For additional information call 347-618-8675.
For information on “The Invention of the White Race” Vol. II: "The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo America" (including comments from scholars and activists and Table of Contents) CLICK HERE

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Theodore W. Allen’s “The Invention of the White Race” Video of Presentation by Jeffrey B. Perry Washington Project for the Arts





Theodore W. Allen’s “The Invention of the White Race” Slide Presentation/Talk by Jeffrey B. Perry at Washington Project for the Arts, 2124 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 on Friday, April 28, 2017. To view the presentation in 5 parts CLICK HERE


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On May 1, 1912, International Workers Day Hubert Harrison Spoke Before 50,000 People at the May Day Rally at Union Square, New York City

105 Years Ago -- On May 1, 1912, International Workers Day, Hubert Harrison, one of the featured English language speakers of the Socialist Party, spoke at the May Day rally at Union Square (New York City) which, according to the New York Times, was attended by "some 50,000 organized workers, men and women, wearing the bright red of socialism as the world wide band of labor."
For information on Harrison’s life see “Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918” (Columbia University Press). For comments on that work by scholars and activists CLICK HERE

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