Leid Stories—Dr. Gerald Horne Makes History Clear—07.12.18

Radical historian and political scientist Dr. Gerald Horne brings his unique perspective to several contemporary issues around the world.

Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. A prolific author, he has written more than 30 books and 100 scholarly papers on struggles against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and racism. 

His most recent works include: Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary; The Rise and Fall of the Associated Negro Press: Claude Barnett's Pan-African News and the Jim Crow Paradox; Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Struggle for the Right to Fly; Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity; and The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy and Capitalism in Seventeenth Century North America and the Caribbean.