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SUMMARY:Book Talk | Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism 
 - Dr Brian Kwoba (University of Memphis)
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DESCRIPTION:The significance of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927) – as a
  journalist\, activist\, and educator – lies in his innovation of radica
 l solutions to grave injustices\, especially the staggering luxury for the
  few alongside the crushing poverty for the many in the first few decades 
 of the twentieth century. White mob violence continually haunted African A
 merican communities\, while imperial conquest and world wars wrought wanto
 n destruction upon entire nations of people. These conditions sparked a gl
 obal political awakening to which Harrison gave voice as a leading figure 
 in cutting-edge struggles for socialism\, in the free love movement\, and 
 in the Harlem Renaissance. He also played a pivotal role in the rise of Ma
 rcus Garvey and the establishment of the largest international organizatio
 n of Black people in modern history. Because of his fierce and fearless ra
 dicalism\, however\, he has been erased from popular memory.\n\nHubert Har
 rison presents a historical restoration of Harrison's numerous intellectua
 l and political breakthroughs. Offering a fresh interpretation of his cont
 ributions to social movements for economic\, racial\, and sexual liberatio
 n\, Brian Kwoba's richly textured narrative highlights the startling and c
 ontinued relevance of Harrison's visionary thinking across generations.\n\
 n-\n\nDr. Brian Kwoba grew up in Boulder\, Colorado. After earning his und
 ergraduate degree in philosophy at Cornell University\, he spent six years
  teaching high school and middle school history and getting a Master’s i
 n teaching at Tufts University in Boston before heading to the University 
 of Oxford for his doctoral degree in history.\n\nDr. Kwoba is currently an
  associate professor of history and also the director of African and Afric
 an American Studies at the University of Memphis. Over the past two decade
 s\, Dr. Kwoba has been an activist on issues including anti-imperialism\, 
 immigrant workers rights\, climate justice\, Falastin\, decolonizing educa
 tion\, pan-Africanism\, and the movement for Black lives. In his spare tim
 e\, he is a big time music lover (especially live jazz)\, an Afrobeats DJ\
 , and a frequent traveler to Kenya where he visits his dad's side of the f
 amily.\nSpeakers:\nDr Brian Kwoba (University of Memphis)
LOCATION:Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (Schwarzman Centre for the Humaniti
 es\, Seminar Room 63\, Ground Floor)\, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
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