By Our Own Strength: William Sherrill, the UNIA, and the Fight for African American Self-Determination in Detroit - Paperback

by Rochelle Brock (Other), Richard Greggory III Johnson (Other), Kenneth S. Jolly (Author)

For almost four decades, William Sherrill was a critical leader of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and a leading African American intellectual and activist in 1930s and 1940s Detroit. As the first biography of Sherrill, this book examines him as part of a historical tradition from which post-World War II Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism re-emerged.

Author Biography

Kenneth S. Jolly earned his PhD in African American history from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Currently he is Associate Professor of History and Advisor to Black Studies at Saginaw Valley State University. His previous book, Black Liberation in the Midwest: The Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri, 1964-1970, was published in 2006.