The African American Voice in U.S. Foreign Policy Since World War II

by Krenn,Michael L.

• ISBN13: 9780815334187
• ISBN10: 0815334184
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The post-World War II years witnessed the growth of a powerful civil rights movement among African Americans, culminating in the triumphs and setbacks of the 1960s. At the same time, however, African Americans were extending their view outward from the shores of the United States, taking a greater interest in foreign affairs and their nation's foreign policy than ever before.
The selections in this reader focus on how and why that interest developed, and what impact African Americans had on U.S. diplomacy. They demonstrate how the fight for civil rights and equality at home quickly spilled over into concerns regarding race and foreign policy. A tremendous interest in the decolonization of Africa, efforts to have an African American voice heard in the United Nations, protests against South African apartheid, and criticisms of the Vietnam War were all indications that for many African Americans race was now a global issue.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
American Negroes and U.S. Foreign Policy: 1937-1967	p. 2
American Black Leaders: The Response to Colonialism and the Cold War, 1943-1953	p. 35
Black Critics of Colonialism and the Cold War	p. 53
Evolution of the Black Foreign Policy Constituency	p. 89
The Cold War: Its Impact on the Black Liberation Struggle Within the United States	p. 104
Josephine Baker, Racial Protest, and the Cold War	p. 135
Ralph Bunche and Afro-American Participation in Decolonization	p. 163
From Hope to Disillusion: African Americans, the United Nations, and the Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1947	p. 181
Hands Across the Water: Afro-American Lawyers and the Decolonization of Southern Africa	p. 214
The Civil-Rights Movement and American Foreign Policy	p. 233
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the War in Vietnam	p. 255
Blacks and the Vietnam War	p. 277
Acknowledgments	p. 301
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