Blacks, Reds, and Russians : sojourners in search of the Soviet promise /

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One of the most compelling, yet little known stories of race relations in the twentieth century is the account of blacks who chose to leave the United States to be involved in the Soviet Experiment in the 1920s and 1930s. Frustrated by the limitations imposed by racism in their home country, African...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carew, Joy Gleason (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1917-1970
African Americans > Soviet Union > History.
African Americans > Soviet Union > Biography.
African American intellectuals > Soviet Union > Biography.
African American scientists > Soviet Union > Biography.
Visitors, Foreign > Soviet Union > History.
Intercultural communication > Soviet Union.
Noirs américains > URSS > Histoire.
Noirs américains > URSS > Biographies.
Intellectuels noirs américains > URSS > Biographies.
Scientifiques noirs américains > URSS > Biographies.
Visiteurs étrangers > URSS > Histoire.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African American intellectuals
African American scientists
African Americans
Intellectual life
Intercultural communication
Race relations
International relations
Visitors, Foreign
Soviet Union > Race relations.
Soviet Union > Intellectual life > 1917-1970.
Soviet Union > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Soviet Union.
URSS > Vie intellectuelle > 1917-1970.
Soviet Union
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A journey begins
  • Early sojourners Claude McKay and Otto Huiswood : shaping the "Negro question"
  • Harry Haywood, Kutva, and training black cadres
  • W.E.B. Du Bois and the Soviet experiment
  • Robert Robinson and the technical specialists
  • George Washington Carver, Oliver Golden, and the Soviet experiment
  • The agricultural specialists journey to the Soviet Union
  • Langston Hughes and the black and white film group
  • Paul Robeson's search for a society free of racism
  • The expatriates : the purges, the war years, and beyond
  • William "Bill" Davis, the American national exhibit, and U.S. public diplomacy
  • The Cold War, solidarity building, and the recruitment of new sojourners.

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