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001 2012024348
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008 120613s2013 enka b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781107022997 (hardback)
020 $a9781107654716 (paperback)
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050 00 $aE185.615$b.P5435 2013
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100 1 $aPlummer, Brenda Gayle.
245 10 $aIn search of power :$bAfrican Americans in the era of decolonization, 1956-1974 /$cBrenda Gayle Plummer.
260 $aCambridge, [England] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $avii, 372 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"In Search of Power is a history of the era of civil rights, decolonization and Black Power. In the critical period from 1956 to 1974, the emergence of newly independent states worldwide and the struggles of the civil rights movement in the United States exposed the limits of racial integration and political freedom. Dissidents, leaders and elites alike were linked in a struggle for power in a world where the rules of the game had changed. Brenda Gayle Plummer traces the detailed connections between African Americans' involvement in international affairs and how they shaped American foreign policy, integrating African American history, the history of the African Diaspora and the history of United States foreign relations. These topics, usually treated separately, not only offer a unified view of the period but also reassess controversies and events that punctuated this colorful era of upheaval and change"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In Search of Power is a history of the era of civil rights, decolonization, and Black Power. In the critical period from 1956 to 1974, the emergence of newly independent states worldwide and the struggles of the civil rights movement in the United States exposed the limits of racial integration and political freedom. Dissidents, leaders, and elites alike were linked in a struggle for power in a world where the rules of the game had changed. Brenda Gayle Plummer traces the detailed connections between African Americans' involvement in international affairs and how they shaped American foreign policy, integrating African American history, the history of the African Diaspora, and the history of United States foreign relations. These topics, usually treated separately, not only offer a unified view of the period but also reassess controversies and events that punctuated this colorful era of upheaval and change"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 351-362) and index.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aDecolonization$zAfrica.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zAfrica.
651 0 $aAfrica$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Africans$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican diaspora$xHistory.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / General.$2bisacsh