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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449967803321

Autore

Nesbitt Francis Njubi <1963->

Titolo

Race for sanctions [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans against apartheid, 1946-1994 / / Francis Njubi Nesbitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-07246-3

9786612072468

0-253-11068-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Blacks in the diaspora

Disciplina

327.73068/09/048

Soggetti

African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century

African diaspora

Anti-apartheid movements - United States - History - 20th century

Anti-apartheid movements - South Africa - History - 20th century

Economic sanctions, American - South Africa - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations South Africa

South Africa Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; list of abbreviations; Cold War and Apartheid; The Movement against Apartheid; "By Any Means Necessary"Black Power and Pan-Africanism; "It's Nation Time"Pan-Africanism and African Liberation; TransAfrica; The Free South Africa Movement; The Race for Sanctions; Dismantling Apartheid; notes; bibliography; index

Sommario/riassunto

""An important contribution to the political history of this period [and] a must for those interested in the influence of the great pan-Africanists."" -- Elliott P. Skinner This study traces the evolution of the anti-apartheid movement from its origins in the 1940's through the civil rights and black power eras to its maturation in the 1980's as a force that transformed U.S. foreign policy. The movement initially met resistance and was soon repressed, only to reemerge during the civil



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