Black and Green :The Fight For Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America
Black and Green :The Fight For Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America
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Published:
20 January, 1998
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'Focusing on the period from the 1960s onward, Brian Dooley suggests that the black rights struggle in the US had a formative influence on Northern Ireland's civil rights movement which adopted similar tactics of protest marches and sit-ins ... A well researched book, written from an unusual angle that illuminates this understudied international influence on the Ulster conflict' Political Studies
‘An excellent book.’ Irish Voice (New York)
Ties between political activists in Black America and Ireland span several centuries, from the days of the slave trade to the close links between Frederick Douglass and Daniel O’Connell, and between Marcus Garvey and Eamon de Valera. This timely book traces those historic links and examines how the struggle for black civil rights in America in the 1960s helped shape the campaign against discrimination in Northern Ireland. The author includes interviews with key figures such as Angela Davis, Bernadette McAliskey and Eamonn McCann.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780745312958 |
| ISBN10 | 0745312950 |
| Number Of Pages | 192 |
| Item Weight | 249 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pluto Press |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
Brian Dooley is a senior advisor on human rights issues, author of a critical study of Robert Kennedy, published by Keele University Press in 1995, and 'Choosing the Green', a history of the Irish diaspora and The Troubles, published by Beyond the Pale in 2004. He has worked for the BBC in Africa and for Amnesty International in London, and writes for the international press on US and Irish affairs.