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C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian and journalist who sometimes wrote under the name J. R. Johnson

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Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

Born 1901
Died 1989

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Photo of C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

Born 1901
Died 1989

Subjects

History Socialism Communism Politics and government African Americans Blacks Social conditions James, c. l. r. (cyril lionel robert), 1901-1989 Political science Revolutions Biography Black people Capitalism Cricket Essays Fiction, short stories (single author) Political Ideologies Race relations Racism Revolutionaries World politics Authors, Trinidadian Black race Communism & Socialism Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism

Places

United States West Indies British West Indies Great Britain Haiti Soviet Union West Indies (Federation) Africa Caribbean Area Caribe (Región) England Ghana London London (England) Russia Saint-Domingue Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago URSS

People

C. L. R. James (1901-) Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) C. L. R. James (1901-1989) Constance Webb Francios Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803) François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture François Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) Herman Melville (1819-1891) Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) Karl Marx (1818-1883) Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) Pierre Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1746?-1803) Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) Toussaint Louverture (1743?-1803) Toussaint Louverture (1743?-1803,) Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin (1870-1924) Walter Rodney Wilson Harris

Time

20th century Revolution, 1791-1804 1877-1964 1917-1936 1945- 1945-1989 1957-1979 19th century Ghana Révolution 1791-1803 To 1957

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Alternative names

  • Nello
  • Cyril Lionel Robert James
  • J. R. Johnson
  • J.R. Johnson
  • JR Johnson
  • C.L.R. James
  • CLR James
  • C L R James
  • C.L.R.James
  • C.L.R James
  • James C.L.R
  • P. I. R. James
  • C. L. R James
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