Dudziaks book will inspire a reconsideration of postwar civil rights history. In her new preface, dudziak discusses the way the cold war figures into civil rights history, and details this books origins, as one question about civil rights could not be answered without broadening her research from domestic to international influences on american history. The eisenhower administration, meanwhile, faced a crisis when violent resistance. Race and the image of american democracy 2000 is among the most readable of these books. On foreign relations and civil rights reform, see thomas borstelmann, the cold war and the color line. Although the cold war is over, race remains a critical feature of global politics.
Cold war, civil rights contends that formations of race, and federal involvement on racial justice in the united states are inseparable from the international politics. Hot war, cold war, and civil rights cambridge core. Dudziak 1 he united states supreme court has given a tiew definition co utiamericanism, roscoe drunimond wrote in tbe kuropean edition of the new york herald tribune on may 21, 1954, following the u. Race and the image of american democracy series politics and society in twentiethcentury america awards shortlisted for choice magazine outstanding referenceacademic book award 2001. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn.
Dudziaks narrative begins with the truman administration, which portrayed civil rights as a national security issue. Oct 18, 2017 in her new preface, dudziak discusses the way the cold war figures into civil rights history, and details this books origins, as one question about civil rights could not be answered without broadening her research from domestic to international influences on american history. Archival information, much of it newly available, supports dudziaks argument that civil rights was cold war policy. Jul 31, 2011 civil rights activists efforts were watched carefully by the nation and by the world, and now are described and analyzed for us all with masterful skill by mary dudziak in cold war civil rights. In what may be the best analysis of how international relations affected any domestic issue, mary dudziak interprets postwar civil rights as a cold war feature. She argues that the cold war helped facilitate key social reforms, including desegregation. The cold wars impact on the american civil rights movement. The text reexamines the civil rights movement in the context of cold war foreign policy from the truman administration through the johnson administration. This won john kennedy and his younger brother, robert, reputations as champions of black rights.
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