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Title: | No easy victories: African liberation and American activists over a half-century, 1950-2000 |
Editors: | Minter, William Hovey, Gail Cobb (Jr.), Charles |
Year: | 2008 |
Pages: | 248 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Trenton, NJ |
Publisher: | Africa World Press |
ISBN: | 1592215742; 9781592215744; 1592215750; 9781592215751 |
Geographic terms: | Africa United States |
Subjects: | political action action groups national liberation struggles 1950-1999 |
Abstract: | Drawing on the voices of activists of several generations, this book explores the history of connections between African liberation and activism in the United States over the period 1950-2000. The story includes solidarity with African struggles for independence in the 1950s, the reciprocal connections between the civil rights struggle in the US and African liberation, the initiatives of African exiles and visitors, and the complex networks that linked international institutions and activists across both national and ideological boundaries. Following an overview chapter by William Minter, chapters 2 through 6 focus on specific decades: Lisa Brock on the 1950s, Mimi Edmunds on the 1960s, Joseph F. Jordan on the 1970s, David Goodman on the 1980s, and Walter Turner on the 1990s. A series of shorter vignettes at the end of each deacde chapter highlight the role of particular individuals and groups. A brief afterword looks at what lies ahead in the changed context for solidarity in the new millennium. [ASC Leiden abstract] |