Carole Boyce Davies > Quotes

“Intellectual work in [the black radical tradition] ... is not a ‘‘neutral process,’’ nor one of distant academic reflection, but one of contending ideas—as Stuart Hall maintains—and struggles for social change and human justice”
― Carole Boyce Davies, Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones

“[T]he black radical tradition ... combines intellectual and activist work in the service of one’s oppressed communities.”
― Carole Boyce Davies, Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones