Window on Freedom: Race, Civil Rights, and Foreign Affairs, 1945-1988Brenda Gayle Plummer Univ of North Carolina Press, 2003 - 259 Seiten The civil rights movement in the United States drew strength from supporters of human rights worldwide. Once policy makers--influenced by international pressure, the courage of ordinary American citizens, and a desire for global leadership--had signed suc |
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Introduction | |
The International Perspective on Americas Dilemma | 19 |
US Foreign Policy and the General Crisis of White Supremacy | 43 |
Race Gender and Policy after World War II | 65 |
The NAACP and Black Communists in the Early Cold War 1948 1952 | 91 |
Race and Realpolitik in the American Response to the Bandung Conference 1955 | 113 |
The Foreign Policy of the White Resistance | 139 |
African Diplomats in Washington DC during the Kennedy Years | 161 |
International Influence on US Civil Rights Politics in the Kennedy Administration | 179 |
The Chicano Movement Opposes US Intervention in Vietnam | 199 |
The Political Economy of African American Antiapartheid Activism 19681988 | 219 |
Selected Bibliography | 237 |
Contributors | 249 |
Index | 251 |
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