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

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. But until now, Sherrill’s leadership and activism has never been detailed. 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. Sherrill represents a bridge betwee...