C. L. R. James

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C. L. R. James was a Trinidadian historian, writer, and Marxist intellectual whose work on colonialism, the African diaspora, and revolutionary politics profoundly shaped Black Atlantic thought.

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C. L. R. James canonical 4
C. L. R. James Papers 1

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instanceOf Marxist intellectual ⓘ
cricket writer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
archivesAt Columbia University ⓘ
University of the West Indies ⓘ
areaOfInfluence African diaspora studies ⓘ
Black Atlantic studies ⓘ
linked to: Black Atlantic

Caribbean studies ⓘ
cultural studies ⓘ
postcolonial theory ⓘ
birthDate 1901-01-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
Tunapuna, Trinidad ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
deathDate 1989-05-31 ⓘ
educatedAt Queen's Royal College, Port of Spain ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afro-Trinidadian ⓘ
familyName James ⓘ
fieldOfWork history ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
sports writing ⓘ
fullName Cyril Lionel Robert James ⓘ
genre historical writing ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
sports literature ⓘ
givenName Cyril ⓘ
Lionel ⓘ
Robert ⓘ
hasPartInCollection C. L. R. James Papers ⓘ
linked to: C. L. R. James
influenced Black radical tradition ⓘ
Caribbean intellectual history ⓘ
Eric Williams ⓘ
Paul Gilroy ⓘ
Stuart Hall ⓘ
influencedBy Hegelian dialectics ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Leon Trotsky ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
knownFor analysis of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ
contributions to Pan-Africanism ⓘ
linking sport and politics in Beyond a Boundary ⓘ
theory of Black liberation ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Black Atlantic thought ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
Trotskyism ⓘ
name C. L. R. James ⓘ
notableWork A History of Pan-African Revolt ⓘ
American Civilization ⓘ
Beyond a Boundary ⓘ
Every Cook Can Govern ⓘ
Minty Alley ⓘ
Notes on Dialectics ⓘ
The Black Jacobins ⓘ
World Revolution, 1917–1936 ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
politicalIdeology anti-colonialism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
religion secular humanism ⓘ
residence Brixton, London ⓘ
linked to: Brixton

London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Port of Spain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
spouse Constance Webb ⓘ
Selma James ⓘ
wroteAbout American culture ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
Haitian Revolution ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
cricket ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
workers' self-emancipation ⓘ

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Black Atlantic → influencedBy → C. L. R. James ⓘ
C. L. R. James → name → C. L. R. James ⓘ
C. L. R. James → hasPartInCollection → C. L. R. James Papers ⓘ
linked to: C. L. R. James