We are internationalists Prexy Nesbitt and the fight for African liberation Biondi, Martha creator author. text bibliography Biographies Biography. Biographies. Biographies. cau 2025 monographic eng print regular print x, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm "For many civil rights activists, the Vietnam War brought the dangers of US imperialism and the global nature of antiracist struggle into sharp relief. Martha Biondi tells the story of one such group of activists, who built an internationalist movement committed to liberation everywhere but especially to ending colonialism and apartheid in Africa. Among their leaders was Prexy Nesbitt. Steeped from an early age in stories of Garveyism and labor militancy, Nesbitt was powerfully influenced by his encounters with the exiled African radicals he met through civil rights struggles in Chicago. Operating domestically and abroad, Nesbitt's cohort worked closely with opponents of Portuguese and white minority rule in Mozambique, Angola, and South Africa. Rather than promoting a US conception of Black self-determination, they took ideas from African anticolonial leaders and injected them into US foreign policy debates. The biography of a man but even more so of a movement, We Are Internationalists reveals the underappreciated influence of a transformative Black solidarity project"-- From the west side to Dar Es Salaam : The Roots of Prexy Nesbitt's internationalism -- The tilt toward internationalism : race and ideology in the 1970s -- The global and local dimensions of the anti-apartheid struggle -- Our sophisticated weapon : the forgotten story of internationalist Mozambique -- Internationalist Chicago and the end of apartheid -- A luta continua : reflections on solidarity in a neoliberal age. Martha Biondi. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us-il Nesbitt, Prexy African American political activists Illinois Chicago Biography Anti-apartheid movements History 20th century African Americans Political activity Illinois Chicago History 20th century Internationalism Activistes noirs américains Illinois Chicago Biographies Mouvements anti-apartheid Histoire 20e siècle Noirs américains Activité politique Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle Internationalisme internationalism African American political activists African Americans Anti-apartheid movements History Internationalism Illinois 1900-1999 fast E185.97.N475 B56 2025 323.168092 B We are internationalists Biondi, Martha. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2026] (DLC) 2025009558 9780520417717 0520417712 9780520417724 2025009557 POD CU-S/DLC 250312 20251219135243.7 in00005673797 eng