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.

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Yes, you can access Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement by R. Lieberman, C. Lang, R. Lieberman,C. Lang in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Modern History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2009

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9781349372744, 9780230605244

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Index

Cover
Half-Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Series Editor’s Foreword
Foreword by Ellen Schrecker
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “Another Side of the Story”: African American Intellectuals Speak Out for Peace and Freedom during the Early Cold War Years
2. Quieting the Chorus: Progressive Women’s Race and Peace Politics in Postwar New York
3. The March of Young Southern Black Women: Esther Cooper Jackson, Black Left Feminism, and the Personal and Political Costs of Cold War Repression
4. Correspondence: Journalism, Anticommunism, and Marxism in 1950s Detroit
5. Freedom Train Derailed: The National Negro Labor Council and the Nadir of Black Radicalism
6. Challenges to Solidarity: The Mexican American Fight for Social and Economic Justice, 1946–1963
Notes on Contributors
Selected Bibliography
Index

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