2011
DOI: 10.1353/aq.2011.0063
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Thunder in the East: China, Exiled Crusaders, and the Unevenness of Black Internationalism

Abstract: This essay considers the international activism of Robert and Mabel Williams, African American militants, and how they used political exile, travel, and media to build a cultural bridge to China. Throughout the 1960s, the Williamses distinguished African Americans and Chinese as constitutive members of an imaginary global community that was challenging white supremacy and Western imperialism. I concisely frame and contextualize the Williamses' relationship and collaborations with the People's Republic of China… Show more

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