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American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Kevin K. Gaines
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Description for American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Paperback. Describes the US civil rights movement and the decolonization of Africa. Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
This book describes the U.S. civil rights movement and the decolonization of AfricaWhen the West African nation of Ghana gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1957, people of African descent the world over celebrated the new nation as a beacon for their aspirations for freedom and self-determination. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans - including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, C. L. R. James, and Muhammad Ali - visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these expatriates to ... Read more
This book describes the U.S. civil rights movement and the decolonization of AfricaWhen the West African nation of Ghana gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1957, people of African descent the world over celebrated the new nation as a beacon for their aspirations for freedom and self-determination. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans - including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, C. L. R. James, and Muhammad Ali - visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these expatriates to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807858936
SKU
V9780807858936
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About Kevin K. Gaines
KEVIN K. GAINES is director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies and professor of history at the University of Michigan. He is author of the award-winning Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture during the Twentieth Century.
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