Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica

W. A. Domingo (1889-1968) was one of the leading West Indian anti-colonialists of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Jamaica, he moved to the USA in 1910. A Jamaican nationalist, socialist, and committed internationalist, he was part of an influential community of West Indian radicals active in Harlem's New Negro movement in the early 20th century. In 1936 he co-founded the Jamaica Progressive League, which called for Jamaican self-government. He then helped shape the People’s National Party in Jamaica before being imprisoned by the colonial authorities on the island during World War II. He was present at Jamaica’s independence ceremonies in August 1962.Peter Hulme is Emeritus Professor in Literature, University of Essex, and the author or editor of numerous books, most recently The Dinner at Gonfarone's: Salomón de la Selva's Pan-American Project in Nueva York, 1915-1919. He lives in Sedbergh, Cumbria.Leslie James is Senior Lecturer in Global History at Queen Mary University London. She is the author of George Padmore and Decolonization from Below and editor of C.L.R. James's Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution. She lives in London.

• Introduction: A Dedicated ManPart 1. A New Day: Harlem 1917-1935Part 2. Seeking Freedom: Jamaica 1936-1947Part 3. Securing Independence: New York, 1948–1964Conclusion: A Man of ConvictionIndex

'This astonishing compendium is a valuable corrective to parochial conceptions of the 'black radical tradition'. It places the prolific work of Wilfred A. Domingo back in the centre of the history of anticolonial politics'