Hubert Harrison: A Harlem Radical’s Struggle for Equality
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 6pm
Join us to celebrate the publication of Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918–1927, the final volume of Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry’s magisterial study of the once-forgotten figure known as the Father of Harlem Radicalism.
Speakers:
- Jeffrey B. Perry, Author of Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927
- Brent Hayes Edwards, Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
- Moderated by Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Sponsored by the Lehman Center for American History, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Columbia University Press.
The Hubert H. Harrison papers, 1893-1927, are an important collection held by the RBML. Selected items from the collection are available online via the Hubert H. Harrison digital project.
