TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carew,Joy Gleason
TI  - Blacks, Reds, and Russians: sojourners in search of the Soviet promise 
SN  - 9780813543062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - 338 DK 34 C272b 2008
U1  - 947.084/2092396073 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American intellectuals
KW  - African American scientists
KW  - Visitors, Foreign
KW  - Intercultural communication
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - 1917-1970
KW  - Relations
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-263) and index; 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
N2  - "One of the most compelling, yet little known stories of race relations in the twentieth century is the account of blacks who chose to leave the United States to be involved in the Soviet Experiment in the 1920s and 1930s. Frustrated by the limitations imposed by racism in their home country, African Americans were lured by the promise of opportunity abroad. A number of them settled there, raised families, and became integrated into society. The Soviet economy likewise reaped enormous benefits from the talent and expertise that these individuals brought, and the all around success story became a platform for political leaders to boast their party goals of creating a society where all members were equal. In Blacks, Reds, and Russians, Joy Gleason Carew offers insight into the political strategies that often underlie relationships between different peoples and countries. She draws on the autobiographies of key sojourners, including Harry Haywood and Robert Robinson, in addition to the writings of Claude McKay, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Langston Hughes." -- Book jacket
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip083/2007044896.html
ER  -