The East Is Black: Cold War China in the Black Radical Imagination

Synopsis

During The Cold War, Several Prominent African American Radical Activist-intellectuals-including W.e.b. And Shirley Graham Du Bois, Journalist William Worthy, Marxist Feminist Vicki Garvin, And Freedom Fighters Mabel And Robert Williams-traveled And Lived In China. There, They Used A Variety Of Media To Express Their Solidarity With Chinese Communism And To Redefine The Relationship Between Asian Struggles Against Imperialism And Black American Movements Against Social, Racial, And Economic Injustice. In The East Is Black, Taj Frazier Examines The Ways In Which These Figures And The Chinese Go. Ruminations On Eastern Passage -- A Passport Ain't Worth A Cent -- Soul Brothers And Soul Sisters Of The East -- Maoism And The Sinification Of Black Political Struggle -- Coda. The 1970s: Rapprochement And The Decline Of China's World Revolution -- Postscript: Weaving Through San Huan Lu. Robeson Taj Frazier. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 277-302) And Index.