Set the World on Fire : Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom / Keisha N. Blain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blain, Keisha N., Author.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America.

Politics and Culture in Modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black nationalism--History--20th century.

Black nationalism.

African diaspora--History--20th century.

African diaspora.

Pan-Africanism--History--20th century.

Pan-Africanism.

African American women--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American women.

African American women political activists--History--20th century.

African American women political activists.

Women--Political activity--United States--History.

Women.

United States.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2018.

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Set the World on Fire highlights the black nationalist women who fought for national and transnational black liberation from the early to mid-twentieth century.

Contents:

Introduction

Women pioneers in the Garvey movement

The struggle for black emigration

Organizing in the Jim Crow south

Dreaming of Liberia

Pan-Africanism and anticolonial politics

Breaks, transitions, and continuities

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780812294774

0812294777

OCLC:

1021885414