HSTY 228 - African Americans and Internationalism, 1885-1960s

Institution:

Case Western Reserve University

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Description:

This course explores the development and articulation of African American Internationalism from the formal advent of the colonial project with the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885 up through the early stages of African decolonization in the 1960s. Internationalism is defined here, especially as it relates to African Americans, as the sustained interest among governmental and non-governmental actors in promoting a foreign policy agenda that sought to impact events in the Diaspora and on the African continent itself. Using Africa, Asia and the Caribbean as case studies, this course will excavate the role of governmental and non-governmental actors such as the African American press, church, civil rights organizations, advocacy groups and diplomats in developing a viable African American foreign policy constituency. This course will stress the centrality of race, gender and transnationalism as central proponents in the development of black internationalism. This course will examine a number of global events and the roles played by African Americans in shaping the outcomes including the Berlin Conference (1885), the Spanish American War (1898), the Russo-Japanese War (1905), The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), World War I (1914-1919), the Italo-Ethiopian War (1935), World War II (1939-1945), and the beginning of the formal decolonization of Africa with Ghanaian independence in 1957 and the subsequent challenges faced by various African countries in the early 1960s. The course will utilize biographies, case studies, and primary documents to examine these issues.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.case.edu

Phone Number:

(216) 368-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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