By Jeffrey Perry
One hundred years ago St. Croix-born, Harlem-based, Hubert Harrison, 1883-1927, “the father of Harlem radicalism.” Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: New Negro Movement
Harlem’s Cyril Briggs, Founder And Editor Of The Crusader, 1888 – 1966
Cyril Valentine Briggs, May 28, 1888, Nevis – October 18, 1966, Los Angeles, California, was an African-Caribbean American writer and communist political activist in Harlem, NY. Continue Reading →
100th Anniversary Of Harlem’s Hubert Harrison’s Founding Of The “New Negro Movement”
By Jeffrey B. Perry
One hundred years ago, on June 12, 1917, Hubert Harrison founded the Liberty League of Negro-Americans at a rally attended by thousands at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 52-60 W. 132nd Street in Harlem. Continue Reading →
Hubert Harrison Urges Self-Defense In Harlem, July 4, 1917
By Jeffrey B. Perry
On July 4, 1917, The Voice: A Newspaper for the New Negro—the first newspaper of the “New Negro Movement,” edited by Hubert H. Harrison—made its debut at a rally at the Metropolitan Baptist Church at 120 W. 138th Street (we have the address at 151 W 128th Street), between Lenox and Seventh Avenues in Harlem.