Historian, activist, and acclaimed author Jane Franklin devoted her life to documenting the complex history of U.S.–Cuba relations and movements for social justice around the world. Through decades of scholarship, journalism, and advocacy, her work brought clarity, humanity, and historical depth to some of the defining political struggles of the modern era. Her final major work, Cuba and the U.S. Empire: A Chronological History, offers a compelling and meticulously researched account of the evolving relationship between Cuba and the United States.