George G. M. James

For a book whose alleged aim is to "establish better race relations in the world", this work is more concerned with spewing vehement racial hatred and vitriol at Ancient Greece and Rome than proving how these civilizations "stole" philosophy from the Ancient Egyptians with substantiated evidence. The preamble to the book is a big red flag, and the racial prejudice of the author pervades the whole book which is made unreadable by his neurotic contempt for the ancient Mediterranean civilizations.

12/6/21

At the time this book was written,” negroes” were still trying to get themselves a capital N, and “black” was a fighting word. This is one of two books that I made sure both of my children took with them to college. The other being the Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson.
Sure, Martin Bernal shows more impressive scholarship, but James died to pave the way.

Bridges a huge gap in historic information. Well researched with ample references.