The end of empires
Subtitle: African Americans and India
By: Gerald Horne.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781592138999
Subjects: African Americans -- Relations with East Indians; African Americans -- Racial identity; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Imperialism -- India; Decolonization -- India; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; India -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; United States -- Relations -- India; India -- Relations -- United States
Description: "Martin Luther King Jr.'s adaptation of Gandhi's doctrine of nonviolent resistance is the most visible example of the rich history of ties between African Americans and India. In The End of Empires, Gerald Horne provides an unprecedented history of the relationship between African Americans and Indians in the period leading up to Indian independence in 1947. Recognizing their common history of exploitation, Horne writes, African Americans and Indians interacted frequently and eventually created alliances, which were advocated by W.E.B. Du Bois, among other leaders. Horne tells the fascinating story of these exchanges, including the South Asian influence on the Nation of Islam and the close friendship between Paul Robeson and India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Based on extensive archival research in India, the United States and the United Kingdom, The End of Empires breaks new ground in the effort to put African American history into a global context."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Passage to-and from-India; title: The color line; title: Revolution?; title: Not quite 'White'; title: Black America & India; title: Mission to India; title: India and Black America; title: The United States versus India; title: Race war!; title: African-Americans waging war in India; title: Toward independence and equality; title: Toward equality/beyond independence; title: The end of empires.