Video & Audio

This fascinating filmed keynote speech explores with reference to original letters and archive, the thinking, context and processes C.L.R. James undertook and considered to produce his seminal work Beyond a Boundary. The speaker is Robert A. Hill, Associate Professor of History at UCLA and director of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project. Robert Hill is the literary executor of the estate of the late C.L.R. James.

This programme was filmed by WORLDwrite CLR James project volunteers at The Beyond A Boundary Conference held at The University Of Glasgow in 2013. The conference marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of CLR James’ outstanding classic Beyond A Boundary.