In search of power [electronic resource] : African Americans in the era of decolonization, 1956-1974 / Brenda Gayle Plummer.
2013
E185.615 .P5435 2013
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Title
In search of power [electronic resource] : African Americans in the era of decolonization, 1956-1974 / Brenda Gayle Plummer.
Author
Plummer, Brenda Gayle.
ISBN
9781107022997
9781107654716
9781139845021 (electronic book)
9781107654716
9781139845021 (electronic book)
Imprint
Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
vii, 372 p. : ill.
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E185.615 .P5435 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.1196/073
Summary
"In Search of Power is a history of the era of civil rights, decolonization and Black Power. In the critical period from 1956 to 1974, the emergence of newly independent states worldwide and the struggles of the civil rights movement in the United States exposed the limits of racial integration and political freedom. Dissidents, leaders and elites alike were linked in a struggle for power in a world where the rules of the game had changed. Brenda Gayle Plummer traces the detailed connections between African Americans' involvement in international affairs and how they shaped American foreign policy, integrating African American history, the history of the African Diaspora and the history of United States foreign relations. These topics, usually treated separately, not only offer a unified view of the period but also reassess controversies and events that punctuated this colorful era of upheaval and change"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. A great restlessness; 2. Peace or a sword?; 3. 'Freedom's struggle crosses oceans and mountains'; 4. Meeting Odinga; 5. When race doesn't matter; 6. Embracing the globe; 7. Race, space, and displacement; 8. Africa and liberation; 9. Agenda setting on two continents; Conclusion.