Michelle A. Stephens Michelle Annstephens Donald E. Pease
In "Black Empire," Michelle Ann Stephens examines the ideal of transnational blackness that emerged in the work of radical black intellectuals from the British West Indies in the early twentieth century. Focusing on the writings of Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay, and C. L. R. James, Stephens shows how these thinkers developed ideas of a worldwide racial movement and federated global black political community that transcended the boundaries of nation-states. Stephens highlights key geopolitical and historical events that gave rise to these writers intellectual investment in new modes of black...
In "Black Empire," Michelle Ann Stephens examines the ideal of transnational blackness that emerged in the work of radical black intellectuals from th...
