Negro with a Hat: Marcus Garvey - Marcus Garvey

Informationen zum Autor Colin Grant is an author, historian and critic. He has written acclaimed biographies of the Wailers and of Marcus Garvey. Bageye at the Wheel , his memoir of growing up in a Caribbean family in 1970s Luton, was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize. His history of epilepsy, A Smell of Burning , was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. His most recent book, Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation , was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. He is director of WritersMosaic and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Klappentext At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. This title chronicles Garvey's life, the failed business ventures, his misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, the two wives and the premature obituaries that contributed to his lonely, tragic death. Zusammenfassung At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. This title chronicles Garvey's life, the failed business ventures, his misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, the two wives and the premature obituaries that contributed to his lonely, tragic death.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Grant
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.01.2009
• EAN: 9780099501459
• ISBN: 978-0-09-950145-9
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 197 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Biography: general, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political activism, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Relating to African American people, African History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, c 1954 to c 1968 (era of the American Civil Rights Movement), Civil rights & citizenship, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black