Anticommunism and the African American freedom movement : "another side of the story" /

The original essays in this book highlight the destructive impact of McCarthyism on the African American Freedom Movement. Recovering little-known stories of black radical activism, they challenge the idea that the Cold War was, on balance, beneficial to the movement. The book emphasizes what was lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lieberman, Robbie, 1954- (Editor ), Lang, Clarence (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Colección:Contemporary Black history.
Temas:
Since 1900
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Civil rights movements > United States > History.
Feminism > United States > History.
Mexican Americans > Civil rights > History.
Social movements > United States > History.
Anti-communist movements > United States > History.
Radicalism > United States > History.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Féminisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Droits > Histoire.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Anticommunisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Radicalisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African Americans > Civil rights
Anti-communist movements
Civil rights movements
Feminism
Mexican Americans > Civil rights
Race relations
Radicalism
Social conditions
Social movements
Antikommunismus
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Feminismus
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States
USA
Schwärze
Mexikaner.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Quieting the chorus : progressive women's race and peace politics in postwar New York / Jacqueline Castledine
  • The march of young southern Black women : Esther Cooper Jackson, Black left feminism, and the personal and political costs of Cold War repression / Erik McDuffie
  • Correspondence : journalism, anticommunism and Marxism in 1950s Detroit / Rachel Peterson
  • Freedom train derailed : the National Negro Labor Council and the nadir of Black radicalism, 1950-1956 / Clarence Lang
  • Challenges to solidarity : the Mexican American fight for social and economic justice, 1946-1963 / Zaragosa Vargas.

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