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Out of the Ashes: African American Responses to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

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dc.contributor.authorRomines, Blakeen_US
dc.contributor.editor2015-04-01en_US
dc.contributor.editorOU historical journal ; 4 (Spring 2015)en_US
dc.contributor.editorCapps, Sarahen_US
dc.contributor.editorCollins, Adrianaen_US
dc.contributor.editorDixon, Arthuren_US
dc.contributor.editorMcCullough, Morganen_US
dc.contributor.editorMiles, Sarahen_US
dc.contributor.editorRobertson, Terrenceen_US
dc.contributor.editorRodríguez, Moniqueen_US
dc.contributor.editorRomines, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.editorScheller, Austinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-15T21:56:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-14T15:12:49Z
dc.date.available2016-11-15T21:56:14Z
dc.date.available2021-04-14T15:12:49Z
dc.date.issuedHe has fewer illusions about the world.” Schuyler looked forward to the future by looking back into the past, that is, the not too distant past"ting in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Inen_US
dc.descriptionHe has fewer illusions about the world.” Schuyler looked forward to the future by looking back into the past, that is, the not too distant past. Three years before writing this particular article, in October 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia, the last independent nation of Africa. While the world powers watched, African Americans united behind the cause of Ethiopia. African Americans formed committees, filled newly created political and diplomatic spaces with nascent leaders, opened up grass roots fundraising, and thus, in a sense, became aware of their political and social power, aware of their place in world society. Furthermore, Schuyler wrote that the new Negro “believes that to combat this white internationale of oppression a black internationale of liberation is necessary… He [the new negro] sees and welcomes a community of interest of all colored peoples.”"riting in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Internationale. Having faced the travails of white imperialism for over a century, Schuyler wrote of a new Negro, a more informed Negro, that is “no longer blindly worshipful of his rulers…en_US
dc.description.abstractWriting in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Internationale. Having faced the travails of white imperialism for over a century, Schuyler wrote of a new Negro, a more informed Negro, that is “no longer blindly worshipful of his rulers…en_US
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dc.description.uriHe has fewer illusions about the world.” Schuyler looked forward to the future by looking back into the past, that is, the not too distant past. Three years before writing this particular article, in October 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia, the last independent nation of Africa. While the world powers watched, African Americans united behind the cause of Ethiopia. African Americans formed committees, filled newly created political and diplomatic spaces with nascent leaders, opened up grass roots fundrais"iting in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Internationale. Having faced the travails of white imperialism for over a century, Schuyler wrote of a new Negro, a more informed Negro, that is “no longer blindly worshipful of his rulers…en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244.46/1233
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHonorable Mention for the Griswold Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Historical Scholarshipen_US
dc.relation.ispartofserieshttp://history.ou.edu/journal-2015en_US
dc.titleOut of the Ashes: African American Responses to the Second Italo-Ethiopian Waren_US
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