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Set the world on fire : black nationalist women and the global struggle for freedom /

This book examines how black nationalist women engaged in national and global politics from the early twentieth century to the 1960's.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blain, Keisha N., 1985- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Politics and culture in modern America.
Subjects:
Black nationalism > History > 20th century.
African diaspora > History > 20th century.
Pan-Africanism > History > 20th century.
African American women > Political activity > History > 20th century.
African American women political activists > History > 20th century.
Women > Political activity > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.