Top ten books about black radicalism

Kehinde Andrews is associate professor in sociology at Birmingham City University. He is also the chair of the Black Studies Association and of the Organisation of Black Unity. He writes for the Guardian and the Independent.

Andrews's newest book is Back to Black: Black Radicalism for the 21st Century.

At the Guardian he tagged ten top books about black radicalism, including:

Stokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism by Kwame Ture (1971)

This was the first book I read from my parents extensive bookshelves, mostly because of its comical front cover with Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture) in sunglasses, holding a shotgun over his head. It is no exaggeration to say that this book, more than any other, changed my life. After reading how he connected the black American situation with the global struggle for freedom, nothing ever looked the same again.

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--Marshal Zeringue