C L R James

C. L. R. JAMES (1901-1989) was author of Beyond a Boundary, The Black Jacobins, American Civilization, and Mariners, Renegades and Castaways, among other works. Edward Said called him "a centrally important twentieth-century figure," while Caryl Phillips said, "there is little doubt that James will come to be regarded as the outstanding Caribbean mind of the twentieth century." ANNA GRIMSHAW is Associate Professor at Emory University and was C. L. R. James's personal assistant for the last six...See more

C. L. R. JAMES (1901-1989) was author of Beyond a Boundary, The Black Jacobins, American Civilization, and Mariners, Renegades and Castaways, among other works. Edward Said called him "a centrally important twentieth-century figure," while Caryl Phillips said, "there is little doubt that James will come to be regarded as the outstanding Caribbean mind of the twentieth century." ANNA GRIMSHAW is Associate Professor at Emory University and was C. L. R. James's personal assistant for the last six years of his life. She edited The C. L. R. James Reader and was co-editor of James's American Civilization. See less