{"product_id":"pages-from-a-black-radicals-grace-lee-boggs-9780814332566","title":"Pages from a Black Radical's Notebook: A James Boggs Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCollects nearly four decades' worth of writings by Detroit political and labor activist James Boggs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the rural American south, James Boggs lived nearly his entire adult life in Detroit and worked as a factory worker for twenty-eight years while immersing himself in the political struggles of the industrial urban north. During and after the years he spent in the auto industry, Boggs wrote two books, co-authored two others, and penned dozens of essays, pamphlets, reviews, manifestos, and newspaper columns to become known as a pioneering revolutionary theorist and community organizer. In Pages from a Black Radical's Notebook: A James Boggs Reader, editor Stephen M. Ward collects a diverse sampling of pieces by Boggs, spanning the entire length of his career from the 1950s to the early 1990s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePages from a Black Radical's Notebook is arranged in four chronological parts that document Boggs's activism and writing. Part 1 presents columns from \u003ci\u003eCorrespondence\u003c\/i\u003e a newspaper written during the 1950s and early 1960s. Part 2 presents the complete text of Boggs's first book, \u003ci\u003eThe American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker's Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, his most widely known work. In Part 3, \"Black Power--Promise, Pitfalls, and Legacies,\" Ward collects essays, pamphlets, and speeches that reflect Boggs's participation in and analysis of the origins, growth, and demise of the Black Power movement. Part 4 comprises pieces written in the last decade of Boggs's life, during the 1980s through the early 1990s. An introduction by Ward provides a detailed overview of Boggs's life and career, and an afterword by Grace Lee Boggs, James Boggs's wife and political partner, concludes this volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePages from a Black Radical's Notebook documents Boggs's personal trajectory of political engagement and offers a unique perspective on radical social movements and the African American struggle for civil rights in the post-World War II years. Readers interested in political and ideological struggles of the twentieth century will find Pages from a Black Radical's Notebook to be fascinating reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Boggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814332560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814332566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.85d","brand":"James Boggs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994917011711,"sku":"9780814332566","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_adb12743-a060-4649-b1b7-8323f63fd3da.jpg?v=1683332937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pages-from-a-black-radicals-grace-lee-boggs-9780814332566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}