Crosscurrents: African Americans, Africa, and Germany in the Modern World.

McBride, David; Hopkins, Leroy T.; Blackshire-Belay, Carol A.

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“…25 Martin Klimke, Maria Höhn, and others uncovered how Black American G.I.s stationed in Europe significantly contributed to both the American Civil Rights Movement and European racial discourses, especially through the 'mixed race' children they fathered who undermined common notions about race and nationality (Bland 2019;Fehrenbach 2005;Höhn 2002;Höhn and Klimke, 2010;Kirkels and Dickon, 2020;Smith 1987). Several anthologies, such as Crosscurrents (McBride et al, 1998), Blackening Europe (Raphael-Hernandez 2004a), From Black to Schwarz (Diedrich and Heinrichs, 2011), and Germans and African-Americans (Greene and Ortlepp, 2011a), and a number of monographs and articles on the twentieth century experiences of, and Europeans' interactions with, individual African American writers, cinematographers, artists, athletes, and musicians in specific countries emphasized hybridity, agency in the process of cultural transfer, and mutually beneficial exchange. 26 Multiple studies from the 2000s and 2010s also investigated how Europe was one of the sites where the 1960s Civil Rights Movement's battles took place or sought to define the impact of American Black activism on European understandings of 'Blackness,' protest, and racial justice.…”

Section: Disciplinary Differences: African American and Black Europe ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Oppressive Even As It Inspires

Visser-Maessen,

Van den Berk

2024

Du Bois Rev.

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In this article, we trace the evolution of the connections between Black America and (Black) Europe since the mid-twentieth century and the study thereof. We do so through the lens of ‘Black American centrality,’ referring to the ways in which perceptions of Black America serve as an outsized reference point in European understandings of race, ‘Blackness,’ and Black (European) emancipation struggles. This allows for exploring the dilemmas that the, at times overwhelming, visibility of ‘Black America’ poses to Black Europeans, particularly during the current moment of flourishing Black European culture, politics, and scholarship. In that context, we show how both U.S.- and Europe-based scholars of Black American history and Black European history have approached Black American-European connections differently. The article concludes with suggestions for how these fields can engage with each other to develop academic approaches that account for but do not privilege the position of Black Americans within diasporic exchanges in the North Atlantic region, which is currently an underexplored area in diaspora studies.

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Section: Disciplinary Differences: African American and Black Europe ...mentioning

confidence: 99%