Opposing Jim Crow [electronic resource] : African Americans and the Soviet indictment of U.S. racism, 1928 - 1937 / Meredith L. Roman.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Justice and social inquiry.
Main Author: Roman, Meredith L. (Meredith Lynn)
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2012, ©2012.
Series:Justice and social inquiry.
Subjects:
Anti-racism > Soviet Union.
Racism > Government policy > Soviet Union.
Multiculturalism > Soviet Union.
Racism > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights > United States.
African Americans > Soviet Union.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2012 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2012 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Opposing Jim Crow: African Americans and the Soviet Indictment of U.S. Racism, 1928-1937
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: the birth of a nation
  • American racism on trial and the poster child for Soviet antiracism
  • "This is not bourgeois America": representations of American racial apartheid and Soviet racelessness
  • The Scottsboro campaign: personalizing American racism and speaking antiracism
  • African American architects of Soviet antiracism and the challenge of black and white
  • The promises of Soviet antiracism and the integration of Moscow's International Lenin School
  • Epilogue: Circus and going soft on American racism.