1st Edition
Movement Matters American Antiapartheid Activism and the Rise of Multicultural Politics
By David Hostetter
Copyright 2006
228 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
Examining four decades of American antiapartheid activism, Movement Matters analyzes the long-term impact of the American antiapartheid movement on American civil religion. Exploring issues of race, politics and culture, the book presents a fresh look at the importance of antiapartheid activism in America. Movement Matters examines three crucial conflicts that shaped this activism: the debate... Read more
Introduction: Through the Glass Starkly: Americans Confront Apartheid 1. "For the Freedom Struggle is One:" The American Committee on Africa 2. Liberation in One Organization: The American Friends Service Committee 3. Black Power on Embassy Row: TransAfrica 4. Lost in the Stars: Apartheid and American Popular Culture 5. If They're Not Free, We're Not Free: Antiapartheid Activism and the Integration of American Civil Religion. Conclusion: Now Face to Face? Opposing Apartheid, Proposing Multiculturalism
Biography
David Hostetter is Director of Research and Programs at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd University.
"The legwork that [Hostetter] does on the organizations behind antiapartheid activism... deepens our understanding of the national and transnational links that helped build one of the striking examples in our time of a global movement that brought about peaceful, transformative change."
- James H. Meriwether, California State University, Bakersfield, American Historical Review
