{"product_id":"black-empire-9780143137078","title":"Black Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pioneering work of Afrofuturism and antiracist fiction by the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack No More\u003c\/i\u003e, about a Black scientist who masterminds a worldwide conspiracy to take back the African continent from imperial powers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An amazing serial story of Black genius against the world\" is how \u003ci\u003eBlack Empire \u003c\/i\u003ewas promoted upon its original publication as a serial in \u003ci\u003eThe Pittsburgh Courier\u003c\/i\u003e from 1936 to 1938. It tells the electrifying tale of Dr. Henry Belsidus, a Black scientific genius desperate to free his people from the crushing tyranny of racism. To do so, he concocts a plot to enlist a crew of Black intellectuals to help him take over the world, cultivating a global network to reclaim Africa from imperial powers and punish Europe and America for white supremacy and their crimes against the planet's Black population. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a daring, high-stakes science fiction adventure and a strikingly innovative Afrofuturist classic, this controversial and fearlessly political work lays bare the ethical quandaries of exactly how far one should go in the name of justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143137078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"George S. Schuyler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42547762299061,"sku":"9780143137078","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f7f3460b-4b02-484c-a393-fd15469888e1.jpg?v=1670336792","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/black-empire-9780143137078","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}