Rising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960

by Brenda Gayle Plummer

Book Overview

African Americans have a long history of active involvement and interest in international affairs, but their efforts have been largely ignored by scholars of American foreign policy. Gayle Plummer brings a new perspective to the study of twentieth-century American history with her analysis of black Americans' engagement with international issues, from the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 through the wave of African independence movements of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807822728
• ISBN13: 9780807822722
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"