Dinner with the author of Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro’s Cuba

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Pictured here (l-r): Former Brazilian minister of racial equality Matilde Ribeiro, Mt. Holyoke College’s Kenan Professor of Latin American & Caribbean Studies Roberto Marquez, UMass Amherst Du Bois Chair Amilcar Shabazz, author Carlos Moore, Du Bois Department professors Kym MorrisonAgustin Lao-Montes, and Bill Strickland at La Piazza Ristorante.

When I finish reading Pichón i will post my review of it here. Carlos himself directed us to a critical review posted at http://afrocubaweb.com/carlosmoore.htm

Venceremos! Cuba Libre! Amandla!

Published by: Amilcar Shabazz

Dr. Amilcar Shabazz is head of the W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and teaches in the area of historical studies with an emphasis on the political economy of social and cultural movements, education, and public history.

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