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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Klimke, Martin |
| Title, Analytic | The African American Civil Rights Struggle and Germany, 1945-1989 |
| Journal Title | Bulletin of the German Historical Institute |
| Date of Publication | Fall 2008 |
| Issue ID | 43 |
| Location in Work | 91-106, ill. |
| ISSN | 1048-9134 |
| Abstract | The permanent stationing of the US Army in Europe after the Second World War brought about 3 million African American GIs to the Federal Republic during the Cold War. Shortly after the fall of National Socialism, Germans were directly confronted with the presence of African Americans in the country, be it as soldiers, customers, tenants, husbands, or sons-in-law. In recent years, historians like Haria Hoehn, Petra Goedde, and Heide Fehrenbach have begun to analyze and interpret the relationship between these two groups and the impact it had on the Cold War. This project will extend these groundbreaking studies by exploring the mutual relationship between the African American civil rights movement and German attitudes toward race and ethnicity, focusing in particular on how Germany was perceived by African Americans during the Cold War. |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical notes. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | African Americans/ Germany/ 20th century |