The other special relationship : race, rights, and riots in Britain and the United States /
edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Stephen Tuck.
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (vi, 255 pages)
- Contemporary Black history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / 1. "U.S. Negroes, Your Fight is Our Fight" : Black Britons and the 1963 March on Washington / 2. "Black Was the Colour of our Fight" : The Transnational Roots of British Black Power / Individual Life: A Black Englishman in the Heart of the Confederacy : The Transnational Life of Paul Stephenson / 3. Caribbean Left : Diasporic Circulations / 4. Scholar-Activist St. Clair Drake and the Transatlantic World of Black Radicalism / Individual Life: "We all became black" : Tony Soares, African-American internationalists, and anti-imperialism / 5. A Heavy Load : The American Civil Rights Movement and the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement / 6. Containing Racism? : The London Experience, 1957-1968 / Individual Life: From Manchester to Monroe : The unexpected journey of Constance Lever / 7. "Nobody in This World Is Better Than Us" : Calypso in the Age of Decolonization and Civil Rights / 8. Stax, Subcultures, and Civil Rights : Young Britain and the Politics of Soul Music in the 1960s / Individual Life: From Guy Warren to Kofi Ghanaba : A Life of Trans-Atlantic (Dis)Connections / 9. Violence at Desmond's Hip City : Gender and Soul Power in London / 10. Brotherhood, Betrayal, and Rivers of Blood : Southern Segregationists and British Race Relations / Robin D.G. Kelley and Stephen Tuck -- Kennetta Hammond Perry -- Rosie Wild -- Nick Juravich -- Carole Boyce Davies -- Kevin Gaines -- Anne-Marie Angelo -- Marc Mulholland -- John Davis -- Stephen Tuck and Imaobong Umoren -- Joshua B. Guild -- Joe Street -- Robin Kelley -- Tanisha C. Ford -- Clive Webb.
"The close diplomatic, economic, and military ties that comprise the 'special relationship' between the United States and Great Britain have received significant attention from historians over the years. Less frequently noted are the countries' shared experiences of empire, white supremacy, racial inequality, and neoliberalism--and the attendant struggles for civil rights and political reform that have marked their recent history. This exceptional collection traces the contours of this other 'special relationship, ' exploring its implications for our understanding of the development of an internationally interconnected civil rights movement. Here, scholars from a range of research fields contribute essays on a wide variety of themes, from solidarity protests to calypso culture to white supremacy"--
9781137392701
Black people--Civil rights--History--Great Britain--20th century. African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century. Civil rights movements--History--Great Britain--20th century. Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century. Racism--History--Great Britain--20th century. Racism--History--United States--20th century.