04905nam 2200817Ia 450 991082864780332120200520144314.01-282-93573-997866129357321-4008-3141-510.1515/9781400831418(CKB)2560000000053388(EBL)537703(OCoLC)650310470(SSID)ssj0000418174(PQKBManifestationID)11288475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418174(PQKBWorkID)10369517(PQKB)10396473(MiAaPQ)EBC537703(MdBmJHUP)muse36599(DE-B1597)446649(OCoLC)979910796(DE-B1597)9781400831418(Au-PeEL)EBL537703(CaPaEBR)ebr10435968(CaONFJC)MIL293573(EXLCZ)99256000000005338820080918d2009 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrFrom Scottsboro to Munich race and political culture in 1930s Britain /Susan D. PennybackerCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20091 online resource (400 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-08828-4 0-691-14186-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Figures --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction --Chapter 1. Ada Wright and Scottsboro --Chapter 2. George Padmore and London --Chapter 3. Lady Kathleen Simon and Antislavery --Chapter 4. Saklatvala and the Meerut Trial --Chapter 5. Diasporas: Refugees and Exiles --Chapter 6. A Thieves' Kitchen, 1938-39 --Conclusion --Chronology --Notes on Sources --Notes --Glossary --Bibliography --IndexPresenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930's, From Scottsboro to Munich follows a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era. Susan Pennybacker positions race at the center of the British, imperial, and transatlantic political culture of the 1930's--from Jim Crow, to imperial London, to the events leading to the Munich Crisis--offering a provocative new understanding of the conflicts, politics, and solidarities of the years leading to World War II. Pennybacker examines the British Scottsboro defense campaign, inaugurated after nine young African Americans were unjustly charged with raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. She explores the visit to Britain of Ada Wright, the mother of two of the defendants. Pennybacker also considers British responses to the Meerut Conspiracy Trial in India, the role that antislavery and refugee politics played in attempts to appease Hitler at Munich, and the work of key figures like Trinidadian George Padmore in opposing Jim Crow and anti-Semitism. Pennybacker uses a wide variety of archival materials drawn from Russian Comintern, Dutch, French, British, and American collections. Literary and biographical sources are complemented by rich photographic images. From Scottsboro to Munich sheds new light on the racial debates of the 1930's, the lives and achievements of committed activists and their supporters, and the political challenges that arose in the postwar years.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.Politics and cultureGreat BritainHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansGreat BritainHistory20th centuryScottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931African AmericansRelations with BritishHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansRelations with GermansHistory20th centuryBlacksGreat BritainHistory20th centuryBlacksGreat BritainPolitics and governmentRacismGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGreat BritainRace relationsHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryPolitics and cultureHistoryAfrican AmericansHistoryScottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931.African AmericansRelations with BritishHistoryAfrican AmericansRelations with GermansHistoryBlacksHistoryBlacksPolitics and government.RacismHistory305.800941/09043Pennybacker Susan D(Susan Dabney),1953-1624109MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828647803321From Scottsboro to Munich3958905UNINA