{"product_id":"book-gm6y","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of additional notes and information on the writings of George S. Schuyler.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49323924062512,"sku":"BDgm6y","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/347538-gm6y-Square.jpg?v=1733526752","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gm6y","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}