Imperial Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement in the Early Cold War

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Abstract

This article draws on social-movement knowledge production to argue that early cold war anticommunism in the United States was related to the broader history of US empire and had, on balance, a negative impact on the African American freedom movement. This argument first elaborates on the notion of cold-war anticommunism as a facet of empire ‘at home’, then turns to three examples of anticolonialism in the United States in the period between the Second World War and the 1960s.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)52-75
Number of pages24
JournalHistory Workshop Journal
Volume79
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Feb 2015

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