{"product_id":"black-radical-the-life-and-times-of-william-monroe-trotter","title":"Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter","description":"Winner • Mark Lynton History Prize\nWinner • Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize (Massachusetts Historical Society)\nShortlisted • Cundill History Prize\nNew York Times • Times Critics Top Books of the Year\nFinalist • Massachusetts Book Awards\nThis long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter’s essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes.\n\nWilliam Monroe Trotter (1872– 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized black working- class citizens to wield their political power despite the violent racism of post- Reconstruction America. For more than thirty years, the Harvard-educated Trotter edited and published the Guardian, a weekly Boston newspaper that was read across the nation. Defining himself against the gradualist politics of Booker T. Washington and the elitism of W. E. B. Du Bois, Trotter advocated for a radical vision of black liberation that prefigured leaders such as Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Synthesizing years of archival research, historian Kerri Greenidge renders the drama of turn- of- the- century America and reclaims Trotter as a seminal figure, whose prophetic, yet ultimately tragic, life offers a link between the vision of Frederick Douglass and black radicalism in the modern era. 20 black-and-white illustrations\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1631495348\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1631495348.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Greenidge, Kerri K.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41422691106874,"sku":"DBV.1631495348.G","price":4.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1631495348-0.jpg?v=1779128600","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/black-radical-the-life-and-times-of-william-monroe-trotter","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}