A Decade That Changed the Nation and The Destiny of a Continent
Publication Date: 01/09/2006
This is a comprehensive look at what happened in Africa and in the United States in the sixties. Subjects covered include Lumumba and the Congo crisis; the civil rights movement; Dr. Martin Luther King; Malcolm X; the Kennedy and Johnson administrations; the Cuban missile crisis; the Peace Corps; assassinations; the anti-war movement; counterculture; the Organization of African Unity (OAU); The Rivonia Trial of Nelson Mandela others; the Rhodesian crisis and unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) by the white minority rulers. Nkrumah's downfall and the role of the CIA and Britain's M15 in his ouster; army mutinies in East Africa - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika; the Zanzibar revolution; the secession of Biafra and the Nigerian civil war; military coups; the Black Power movement; riots, the Great Society and the War on Poverty in the United States; African liberation movements and the liberation struggle in southern Africa, and much more. Includes photos from those turbulent years.
- ISBN:
- 9780980253429
- 9780980253429
- Category:
- Politics & government
- Publication Date:
- 01-09-2006
- Publisher:
- New Africa Press
- Country of origin:
- Tanzania
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