Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chronology Chapter 3 From New Orleans to New York, 1932-1960 Chapter 4 Civil Rights in a Global Context, 1961-1969 Chapter 5 Taking King's Vision to Congress, 1969-1976 Chapter 6 Helping Carter with Human Rights and Africa, 1976-1978 Chapter 7 Triumphs and Tribulations, 1978-1980 Chapter 8 Atlanta's Globetrotting Mayor, 1981-1989 Chapter 9 Private-Sector Diplomat, 1990-2000 Chapter 10 Conclusion Chapter 11 Bibliographical Essay Chapter 12 Index
Andrew J. DeRoche teaches history at Front Range Community College in Longmont, Colorado. He is the author of Black, White, and Chrome: The United States and Zimbabwe, 1953-1998 (2001).
Andrew DeRoche's interpretation of Andrew Young as a man who
combined the internationalism of Woodrow Wilson and the
anticolonial and antiracist sentiments of W.E.B. Du Bois is both
novel and enlightening. Much more than a mere biography, this
volume makes a substantial and valuable contribution to our
understanding of the complex and often frustrating interactions
between race, civil rights, and U.S. foreign policy in the
post–World War II period.
*Michael L. Krenn, Appalachian State University*
DeRoche has not only written a readable and perceptive biography of
a key figure in recent American history, but a book that uses Young
to examine crucial issues in both domestic and foreign affairs. The
blend of personality and policy is especially well done and holds
the reader's attention throughout. A major addition to the growing
literature on the influence of racial issues on foreign policy.
*Thomas Noer, Carthage College*
Andrew Young: Civil Rights Ambassador is a sophisticated analysis
of a key figure in American history and diplomacy. Remarkably, this
book combines such traditional interests as Wilsonianism and the
Cold War with the new scholarly issues of race, human rights,
Africa, globalization, and free trade into a readable and shrewd
study of Andrew Young.
*Thomas W. Zeiler, author of Ambassadors in Pinstripes: The
Spalding World Baseball Tour and the Birth of the American Empire*
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