Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement [[electronic resource] ] : Another Side of the Story / / edited by R. Lieberman, C. Lang

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781068803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-349-37274-9; 1-282-50780-X; 9786612507809; 0-230-62074-4
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2009.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary Black History
• Disciplina: 323.11896/073; 323.11896073
• Soggetti: United States—History; History, Modern; World politics; America—History; Social history; Civilization—History; US History; Modern History; Political History; History of the Americas; Social History; Cultural History; United States Social conditions 1945-; United States Race relations History 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. [231]-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Quieting the chorus : progressive women's race and peace politics in postwar New York / Jacqueline Castledine -- The march of young ; southern Black women : Esther Cooper Jackson, Black left feminism, and the personal and political costs of Cold War repression / Erik McDuffie -- Correspondence : journalism, anticommunism and Marxism in 1950s Detroit / Rachel Peterson -- Freedom train derailed : the National Negro Labor Council and the nadir of Black radicalism, 1950-1956 / Clarence Lang -- Challenges to solidarity : the Mexican American fight for social and economic justice, 1946-1963 / Zaragosa Vargas.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of essays looks at the impact of anticommunism on black political culture during the early years of the Cold War, with an eye toward local and individual stories that offer insight into larger national and international issues.