By Our Own Strength: William Sherrill, the UNIA, and the Fight for African American Self-Determination in Detroit

By Kenneth S. Jolly

Book Overview

For almost four decades, William Sherrill was a critical leader of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and a leading African American intellectual and activist in 1930s and 1940s Detroit. As the first biography of Sherrill, this book examines him as part of a historical tradition from which post-World War II Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism re-emerged.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433118092
• ISBN13: 9781433118098
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"