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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962222003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

9786612507809

9781349372744

1349372749

9781282507807

128250780X

9780230620742

0230620744

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Black History

Altri autori (Persone)

LiebermanRobbie <1954->

LangClarence

Disciplina

323.11896/073

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

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.