{"id":15224,"date":"2011-07-30T05:24:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T05:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=15224"},"modified":"2017-02-12T22:03:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:03:44","slug":"a-breath-of-freedom-the-civil-rights-struggle-african-american-gis-and-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=15224","title":{"rendered":"A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Palgrave Macmillan<\/a>
\nSeptember 2010
\n282 pages
\n6 x 9 1\/4 inches, Includes: 50 pgs illus
\nPaperback ISBN: 978-0-230-10473-0, ISBN10: 0-230-10473-8
\nHardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10472-3, ISBN10: 0-230-10472-X<\/p>\n

Maria H\u00f6hn<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of History
\nVassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York<\/em><\/p>\n

Martin Klimke<\/a><\/strong>, Research Fellow
\nGerman Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Based on an award-winning international research project and photo exhibition<\/a>, this poignant and beautifully illustrated book examines the experiences of African American GIs<\/a> in Germany<\/a> and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Thanks in large part to its military occupation of Germany after World War II<\/a>, America\u2019s unresolved civil rights agenda was exposed to worldwide scrutiny as never before. At the same time, its ambitious efforts to democratize German society after the defeat of Nazism<\/a> meant that West Germany<\/a> was exposed to American ideas of freedom and democracy to a much larger degree than many other countries. As African American GIs became increasingly politicized, they took on a particular significance for the Civil Rights Movement<\/a> in light of Germany\u2019s central role in the Cold War<\/a>. While the effects of the Civil Rights Movement reverberated across the globe, Germany represents a special case that illuminates a remarkable period in American and world history.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n