AITKEN, Robbie (2018). Embracing Germany: interwar German society and Black Germans through the eyes of African-American reporters. Journal of American Studies, 52 (2), 447-473.
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Abstract
This article looks at the published reports on visits made to inter-war Germany by prominent black journalists Robert S. Abbot, J.A. Rogers and Lewis K. McMillan. Drawing on their own experiences as well as their engagement with German-based Blacks the reporters contrasted the oppressive conditions black people faced in the US with the apparent lack of colour prejudice in Germany. Their coverage serves as a critique of race relations in the US, while also providing snapshots into the conditions under which Black Germans lived as well as an insight into the writers' own perceptions of a broader Black Diaspora in development.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Black Internationalism; Black Germans; Interwar Germany and United States; African-American Reporters; |
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Humanities Research Centre |
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities > Department of Humanities |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S002187581700041X |
Page Range: | 447-473 |
Depositing User: | Robbie Aitken |
Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2016 16:45 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 07:35 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14021 |
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