LEADER 03537nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910452056403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-0756-4 010 $a1-4294-1390-5 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814707562 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467186 035 $a(EBL)865317 035 $a(OCoLC)784884426 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199436 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172360 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199436 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196494 035 $a(PQKB)10850220 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865317 035 $a(OCoLC)76964394 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10944 035 $a(DE-B1597)548132 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814707562 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137175 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467186 100 $a20050627d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMax Yergan$b[electronic resource] $erace man, internationalist, cold warrior /$fDavid Henry Anthony III 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (399 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-0704-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-359) and index. 327 $gIntroduction :$tIn search of Max Yergan --$tBeginnings : boyhood, Baptists, Bangalore --$tWorld War One --$tSouth Africa, part I --$tSouth Africa, part II --$tProgressive leader, 1936-1948 --$tAbout face, 1948-1975 --$gEpilogue. 330 $aIn his long and fascinating life, black activist and intellectual Max Yergan (1892-1975) traveled on more ground?both literally and figuratively?than any of his impressive contemporaries, which included Adam Clayton Powell, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and A. Phillip Randolph. Yergan rose through the ranks of the "colored" work department of the YMCA, and was among the first black YMCA missionaries in South Africa. His exposure to the brutality of colonial white rule in South Africa caused him to veer away from mainstream, liberal civil rights organizations, and, by the mid-1930s, into the orbit of the Communist Party. A mere decade later, Cold War hysteria and intimidation pushed Yergan away from progressive politics and increasingly toward conservatism. In his later years he even became an apologist for apartheid.Drawing on personal interviews and extensive archival research, David H. Anthony has written much more than a biography of this enigmatic leader. In following the winding road of Yergan?s life, Anthony offers a tour through the complex and interrelated political and institutional movements that have shaped the history of the black world from the United States to South Africa. 606 $aAfrican Americans$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American political activists$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American intellectuals$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aAfrican American political activists 615 0$aAfrican American intellectuals 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government 676 $a323/.092 676 $aB 700 $aAnthony$b David Henry$f1952-$01051855 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452056403321 996 $aMax Yergan$92482661 997 $aUNINA