{"product_id":"black-empire","title":"Black Empire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Call \u0026 Response Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46127563898949,"sku":"9780143137078","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/6621\/4213\/files\/9780143137078.jpg?v=1792973280","url":"https:\/\/www.callandresponsechi.com\/products\/black-empire","provider":"Call \u0026 Response Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}