Race to Revolution reviewed by People’s World

Race to Revolution a must-read on U.S.-Cuba history

Reviewed by Tony Pecinovsky

To his credit, the first African-American president, Barack Obama, recently took a bold step towards normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba, thereby challenging a decades-long failed policy intent on isolating the island nation. Undoubtedly, with this change in U.S. foreign policy, there will likely be a renewed interest in both nations’ shared history.

That an African American took the initiative in spearheading this long overdue policy change is also important, as it is only the most recent illustration of a unique relationship between Blacks in the “slaveholders’ republic” and their African kin in Cuba, the renowned slave depot and former Spanish colony.

Gerald Horne’s “Race To Revolution: The United States And Cuba During Slavery And Jim Crow” is a monumental accomplishment, a welcomed, insightful contribution to an understanding of this unique relationship….

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