Race for sanctions : African Americans against apartheid, 1946-1994 / Francis Njubi Nesbitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nesbitt, Francis Njubi, 1963-

Series:

Blacks in the diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic sanctions, American.

History.

Anti-apartheid movements.

United States--Foreign relations--South Africa.

United States.

International relations.

South Africa.

South Africa--Foreign relations--United States.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African diaspora.

Anti-apartheid movements--United States--History--20th century.

Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History--20th century.

Economic sanctions, American--South Africa--History--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

Physical Description:

xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]

Summary:

"An important contribution to the political history of this period[and] a must for those interested in the influence of the greatpan-Africanists." -- Elliott P. Skinner -- This study traces theevolution of the anti-apartheid movement from its origins in the 1940s through thecivil rights and black power eras to its maturation in the 1980s as a force thattransformed U.S. foreign policy. The movement initially met resistance andwas soon repressed, only to reemerge during the civil rights era, when it becameradicalized with the coming of the black freedom movement. The book looks at threeimportant political groups: TransAfrica -- the black lobby for Africa and theCaribbean; the Free South Africa Movement; and lastly the Congressional Black Caucusand its role in passing sanctions against South Africa over President Reagan's veto.It concludes with an assessment of the impact of sanctions on the release of NelsonMandela and his eventual election as president of South Africa.

Contents:

Cold war and apartheid

The movement against apartheid

"By any means necessary"/Black power and pan-Africanism

"It's nation time"/Pan-Africanism and African liberation

TransAfrica

The free South Africa movement

The race for sanctions

Dismantling apartheid.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-211) and index.

ISBN:

0253342325

OCLC:

52714508

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