TY - BOOK AU - Meriwether,James Hunter TI - Proudly we can be Africans: Black Americans and Africa, 1935-1961 T2 - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture SN - 0807860417 AV - E185.61 .M56 2002eb U1 - 305.896/073 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - African Americans KW - Relations with Africans KW - Race identity KW - Intellectual life KW - 20th century KW - Black people KW - Civil rights KW - Africa KW - History KW - Civil rights movements KW - Noirs américains KW - Relations avec les Africains KW - Identité ethnique KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - 20e siècle KW - Mouvements des droits de l'homme KW - Afrique KW - Histoire KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Ethnic Studies KW - African American Studies KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - International relations KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - United States KW - Relations KW - États-Unis KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Conditions sociales KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-323) and index; Ethiopia : the Italo-Ethiopian War and reconceptualizing contemporary Africa, 1935-1936 -- In world war and cold war : configuring anticolonialism and internationalism, 1941-1950 -- South Africa : apartheid and nonviolent resistance, 1948-1953 -- Kenya : the Mau Mau and revolutionary violence, 1952-1956 -- Ghana : African independence, 1957-1958 -- The year of Africa : lows, highs, and corners, 1960 -- Congo ; independence, Black nationalism, leftism, and splintering, 1960-1961; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - In the mid-20th century nations across Africa fought for their independence from colonial forces. By examining black Americans' attitudes toward and responses to these struggles, this work probes the shifting meaning of Africa in the intellectual, political and social lives of African Americans UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=82175 ER -