ABSTRACT
A brief outline of some of the key biographical points in Claudia Jones's political life is worthwhile. She was born in Trinidad in the early part of the twentieth century, although she grew up in the USA from the age of nine. Her political engagement began at an early age and she is remarkable for the reach of her activism and the breadth of her political vision a vision that embraced culture as much as ideology as key tools in the armoury of emancipation politics. It is a vital and fulsome contribution to an emergent Claudia Jones scholarship and challenges its readers to think through the contemporary relevance of Jones's vision and legacy. Jones's life and Carole Boyce Davies's rendering of it proffer a legacy of vision that speaks of possible futures futures that might be fashioned from the smallest and most unlikely locations.
