Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement: Another Side of the Story

by Clarence Lang

Book Overview

The original essays in this book highlight the destructive impact of McCarthyism on the African American Freedom Movement. Recovering little-known stories of black radical activism, they challenge the idea that the Cold War was, on balance, beneficial to the movement. The book emphasizes what was lost when anticommunism forced the movement to submerge broader issues of economic justice, labor rights, feminism, and peace. The authors illustrate the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230113745
• ISBN13: 9780230113749
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"