Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 (American History and Culture)

by Gerald Horne

American History and Culture-NYU Press (2005)

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Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention) The Mexican Revolution was a defining moment in the history of race relations, impacting both Mexican and African Americans. For black Westerners, 19101920 did not represent the clear-cut promise of populist power, but a reordering of the complex social hierarchy which had, since the nineteenth century, granted them greater freedom in the borderlands than in the rest of the United States. Despite its lasting show more significance, the story of black Americans along the Mexican border has been sorely underreported in the annal show less

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Gerald Horne is John J. and Rebecca Moores Professor of African American History at the University of Houston. A prolific scholar, he has published more than three dozen books.

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History, Nonfiction
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972.08History & geographyHistory of North AmericaMexico, Central America, West Indies, BermudaMexico, Central America, West Indies, BermudaLater history (1867-)
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E185.923 .H67History of the United StatesUnited States
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