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Race Against Empire Black Americans and Anticolonialism, 1937-1957

Penny M. Von Eschen

Marshaling evidence from a wide array of international sources, including the black presses of the time, Penny M. Von Eschen offers a vivid portrayal of the African diaspora in its international heyday, from the 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress to early cooperation with the United Nations. Traci...

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American History Tellers

This book discussed at length the ways in which black American culture, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement both helped and hindered US foreign policy goals. The speaker referenced the author's work when discussing jazz diplomacy.

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As Von Eschen explains in her book on the topic, the State Department had to protect the integrationist agenda of the tours, their core diplomatic messages from conservative audiences at home.

— Episode: The Cold War - Hearts and Minds | 2

Episode: The Cold War - Hearts and Minds | 2

This book discussed at length the ways in which black American culture, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement both helped and hindered US foreign policy goals. The speaker referenced the author's work when discussing jazz diplomacy.

"

As Von Eschen explains in her book on the topic, the State Department had to protect the integrationist agenda of the tours, their core diplomatic messages from conservative audiences at home.

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