Based on an award-winning international research project and
photo exhibition, this poignant and beautifully illustrated book
examines the experiences of African American GIs in Germany 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, America's 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 meant that West Germany 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 in light of Germany's central role in
the Cold War. 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.
Digital archive including videos, photographs, and oral history
interviews available at www.breathoffreedom.org
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