May 08
Norman Girvan
Seminar on “Remembering C.L.R James”
Department of Behavioural Sciences, UWI, St Augustine
May 8, 2000
Cyril Lionel Robert James—”Nello” to his close friends, “CLR” to the rest of us–was, arguably, one of the most outstanding personalities of the 20th Century. In a life which spanned nine of the Century’s decades, he embraced most of its great social movements with passion, eloquence, and brilliant insights. His impact extended far beyond his native Trinidad and Tobago to the entire Caribbean, Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States and Africa…
