"Joshua Myers... does an excellent job in contextualizing Robinson in this very readable biography."The Progressive"Cedric J. Robinson finally has found a worthy biographer in Joshua Myers. This book will remind you why we must urgently read and re-read Robinson's work. A tour de force."Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination"Joshua Myers has written a necessary and much needed text to broaden and deepen our understanding of the life, thought, and practice of Cedric Robinson."Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest University"[A] clear and concise biography... valuable in developing an understanding of Robinson's thought and life."Ken Olende, Ethnic and Racial Studies
AcknowledgmentsPreface: Cedric's TimeChapter 1: All Around HimChapter 2: The Town and GownChapter 3: Authority and OrderChapter 4: Beyond Racial CapitalismChapter 5: The Making of the Black Radical TraditionChapter 6: Culture and WarConclusion: I Am YouNotes
Joshua Myers is Assistant Professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University.