American race relations : global perspectives, 1941-1996

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The documents in "American Race Relations: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996", are derived from the archives of the Central Intelligence Agency. Between the early 1940s and 1996, a government organiza...

The documents in "American Race Relations: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996", are derived from the archives of the Central Intelligence Agency. Between the early 1940s and 1996, a government organization that became part of the CIA monitored, recorded and translated into English relevant news from newspapers, magazines, government statements and radio and television broadcasts from every corner of the globe. These primary source documents are unavailable elsewhere, and provide thousands of astute and penetrating commentaries on African-American history, the Civil Rights movement, Hispanic-American history, Asian-American history and the evolution of racial justice in America. "American Race Relations: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996", sheds new light on crucial research topics like segregation, race riots, arts and literature, Brown v. Board of Education and other important court cases, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panthers, Martin Luther King, Jr. and more. Additionally, this essential archive includes firsthand reporting on the rise of indigenous rights in countries around the world.

"This database contains thousands of news articles, radio transcripts, and television transcripts from around the world. They were chosen by a U.S. government agency called the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)--which became part of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1947--to be disseminated among government officials and decision makers. Where necessary, the materials were translated into English from their original language. No U.S. papers or broadcasts are included in this database."

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