Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (New Marcus Garvey Library, No. 8) - Softcover

Martin, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912469234 ISBN 13: 9780912469232

Publisher: The Majority Press, 1986

Synopsis

A classic study of the Garvey movement this is the most thoroughly researched book on Garvey s ideas by a historian of black nationalism

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Tony Martin is Emeritus Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. He taught earlier at the University of Michigan-Flint. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Brandeis University, Brown University and The Colorado College. He spent a year as an honorary research fellow at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad.

Professor Martin has authored, compiled or edited 14 books including Caribbean History: From Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present (2012) published by Pearson. Earlier works include Amy Ashwood Garvey: Pan-Africanist, Feminist and Mrs. Marcus Garvey No. 1, Or, A Tale of Two Amies, Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance, and the classic study of the Garvey Movement, Race First: the Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1976).
Martin qualified as a barrister-at-law at the Honorable Society of Gray's Inn in 1965, did a B.Sc. honours degree in economics at the University of Hull, and the M.A. and Ph.D. in history at Michigan State University.

Martin's articles and reviews have appeared in the Journal of African American History; African Studies Review; Washington Post Book World; Journal of Caribbean History; Journal of American History and elsewhere.

His writings appear in such reference works as the UNESCO General History of the Caribbean; the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and American National Biography. His awards include a grant from the American Philosophical Society. He has reviewed articles and programs for scholarly journals, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Austrian Science Fund. His biographical listings can be found in Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World; Personalities Caribbean; Who's Who Among African Americans; and elsewhere. He has been a reviewer and consultant for publishers and has served as an expert witness for Congressional hearings.             

Review:

"Martin's study is the most thoroughly researched book on Garvey's ideas ...." CHOICE

Race First is as close to a definitive study of Marcus Garvey as we have seen...." John Henrik Clarke, JAMAICA JOURNAL


"...a well conceived, exhaustively researched, skilfully executed book...." Genna Rae McNeil, JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY

About this edition

• Publisher: The Majority Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0912469234
• ISBN 13: 9780912469232
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 421