Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

Book Titles: The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America and: An African American and Latinx History of the United States

“In The Caribbeanization of Black Politics, Sharon D. Wright Austin explores the impact of ethnic diversification of African American communities on the prospects for black political empowerment. Focusing on Boston, Chicago, Miami, and New York City—cities that for the last several years have experienced an influx of black immigrants—she surveyed more than two thousand African Americans, Cape Verdeans, Haitians, and West Indians.