Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow

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By Gerald Horne ’70

Published Jan. 21, 2016

Historian Gerald Horne ’70’s Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow ties together the stories of race in America and Cuba to show how slavery and race were crucial to the relationship between the two nations. He follows the connection through periods of resistance and upheaval. Horne is a professor of history and African American studies at the University of Houston.

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