The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line

Fain, Cicero M., Afro-Americans in New York Life and History

The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line, by Roderick D. Bush. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. 258 pp.

Barack Obama's historic election reaffirmed the conundrum of the race in America. On the one hand, it embodied the long-sought convergence of the democratic vision articulated by intellectuals, activists, and citizens comprising the civil rights movement. Inarguably, his election shifted and edified the nature of discourse on history, democracy, race, and power in contemporary America and the international arena. Yet, overwhelmingly Blacks still see race and racism as constitutive of American society. In contrast, …

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Publication information: Article title: The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line. Contributors: Fain, Cicero M. - Author. Journal title: Afro-Americans in New York Life and History. Volume: 36. Issue: 2 Publication date: July 2012. Page number: 124+. © 2007 Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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