| Descript |
xvii, 273 p. ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
A journey begins -- Early sojourners Claude McKay and Otto Huiswood : shaping the "Negro question" -- Harry Haywood, Kutva, and training black cadres -- W.E.B. Du Bois and the Soviet experiment -- Robert Robinson and the technical specialists -- George Washington Carver, Oliver Golden, and the Soviet experiment -- The agricultural specialists journey to the Soviet Union -- Langston Hughes and the black and white film group -- Paul Robeson's search for a society free of racism -- The expatriates : the purges, the war years, and beyond -- William "Bill" Davis, the American national exhibit, and U.S. public diplomacy -- The Cold War, solidarity building, and the recruitment of new sojourners |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-263) and index |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Soviet Union -- History
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African Americans -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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African American intellectuals -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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African American scientists -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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Visitors, Foreign -- Soviet Union -- History
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Intercultural communication -- Soviet Union
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Soviet Union -- Race relations
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Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1917-1970
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Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States
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United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union
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| ISBN/ISSN |
0813543061 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780813543062 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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