GAZING AT, CHEERING ON: THE ANGLO WEST AFRICAN PRESS AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE CAMELOT YEARS, 1960-1963

At a time when the American Federal Government was at times apathetic to the American Civil Rights Movement and Southern States were outrightly hostile and much more importantly the outcome of the struggle was very much in doubt, the West African print media, just emerging out of the era of colonial...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. - Historical Society of Nigeria. - 23(2014) vom: Jan., Seite 19-47
1. Verfasser: Kumolalo, Frederick Olumide (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria
Schlagworte:Behavioral sciences Political science Law
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