Blacks, Reds, and Russians: Sojourners in Search of the Soviet Promise

by Joy Gleason Carew and Professor Joy Gleason Carew

Book Overview

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 Americans were lured by the promise of opportunity abroad. A number of them settled there, raised families, and became integrated into society. The Soviet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813543061
• ISBN13: 9780813543062
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"