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Max Yergan [[electronic resource] ] : race man, internationalist, cold warrior / / David Henry Anthony III



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Autore: Anthony David Henry <1952-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Max Yergan [[electronic resource] ] : race man, internationalist, cold warrior / / David Henry Anthony III Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
Disciplina: 323/.092
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Soggetto topico: African Americans
African American political activists
African American intellectuals
African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: Biography
Yergan
about
activist
black
intellectual
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-359) and index.
Nota di contenuto: ; Introduction : In search of Max Yergan -- Beginnings : boyhood, Baptists, Bangalore -- World War One -- South Africa, part I -- South Africa, part II -- Progressive leader, 1936-1948 -- About face, 1948-1975 -- ; Epilogue.
Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Max Yergan  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-0756-4
1-4294-1390-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777604603321
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