May 6, 2015

On the 132nd Anniversary of Pioneering Black Radical Hubert Henry Harrison’s Birth

Reading Time 2 mins As we continue in the spirit of International Workers Day, Big Drum Nation highlights Caribbean and Latin American labor heroes and heroines.  Hubert Henry Harrison (April 27, 1883 – December 17, 1927) An immigrant from St. Croix, Danish West Indies at the age of 17, Hubert Henry Harrison (April 27, 1883 – December 17, 1927) was regarded by the famous historian J.A. Rogers as “the foremost Afro-American intellect of his time” and by John G. Jackson of American Atheists  as “The Black Socrates.  This great labor giant, although unheard of in American history books, was also a… Read More »On the 132nd Anniversary of Pioneering Black Radical Hubert Henry Harrison’s Birth