Plummer, Brenda Gayle.

In search of power African Americans in the era of decolonization, 1956-1974 / Brenda Gayle Plummer. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (382 pages)

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; In Search of Power; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Introduction; 1 A Great Restlessness; 2 Peace or a Sword?; 3 "Freedom's Struggle Crosses Oceans and Mountains"; 4 Meeting Odinga; 5 When Race Doesn't Matter; 6 Embracing the Globe; 7 Race, Space, and Displacement; 8 Africa and Liberation; 9 Agenda Setting on Two Continents; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

In Search of Power is a history of the era of civil rights, decolonization and Black Power, from 1956 to 1974.



9781139840286


African Americans--Civil rights.
Decolonization--Africa.
African Americans--Relations with Africans--History.
African diaspora--History.
Africa.
African Americans.
African diaspora.
Decolonization.
United States.


Electronic Books.

E185 / .I574 2012