Brown, Tammy L.

City of Islands : Caribbean Intellectuals in New York. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (294 pages) - Caribbean Studies Series . - Caribbean Studies Series .

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: An Autobiography of the Biographer -- The Personal Is Political: An Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Caribbean New York -- CHAPTER 2 Ethelred Brown and the Character of New Negro Leadership -- CHAPTER 3 Richard B. Moore and Pan-Caribbean Consciousness -- CHAPTER 4 Pearl Primus and the Performance of African Diasporic Identities -- CHAPTER 5 Shirley Chisholm and the Style of Multicultural Democracy -- CHAPTER 6 Paule Marshall and the Voice of Black Immigrant Women -- CODA: "Garvey's Ghost": Life after Death -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

How Caribbean thinkers have broadly influenced American culture and the quest for racial justice.

9781626746435


West Indian Americans-New York (State)-New York-Intellectual life.
West Indian Americans-New York (State)-New York-Politics and government.
Intellectuals-New York (State)-New York-Biography.
Immigrants-New York (State)-New York-Biography.
Social justice-New York (State)-History.
New York (N.Y.)-Intellectual life.
New York (N.Y.)-Emigration and immigration-History.
New York (N.Y.)-Race relations-History.
West Indies-Emigration and immigration-History.


Electronic books.

F128.9.W54 .B769 2015

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