On This Day In TCXPI History - We Must Never Forget! Frantz Fanon, Psychiatrist, Revolutionary, and Writer, was born on the Caribbean island of Martinique on July 20, 1925. Frantz Fanon served in the French army during World War II. His experiences on Martinique and his service in the army fueled his first book, “Black Skin, White Mask” (1952), which analyzed the effects of colonial subjugation on humanity. In 1961, he wrote “The Wretched of the Earth” which discussed the effects on Algerians of torture by the French forces during the Algerian revolution. Frantz Fanon died December 6, 1961 and many of his shorter writings were posthumously published in the book “Toward the African Revolution.” Several biographies have been published on Fanon, including “Fanon” (1971) and “Frantz Fanon: A Life” (2001). Source: thewright.org/explore/blog/entry/today-in-black-history-7202012
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