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Up from Slavery and Down with Apartheid! African Americans and Black South Africans against the Global Color Line

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Across the twentieth century, black South Africans often drew inspiration from African American progress. This transatlantic history informed the global antiapartheid struggle, animated by international human rights norms, of Martin… Click to show full abstract

Across the twentieth century, black South Africans often drew inspiration from African American progress. This transatlantic history informed the global antiapartheid struggle, animated by international human rights norms, of Martin Luther King Jr., his fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner the South African leader Albert Luthuli, and the African American tennis star Arthur Ashe. While tracing the travels of African Americans and Africans “going South,” this article centers Africa and Africans, thereby redressing gaps in black Atlantic and African diaspora scholarship.

Keywords: african americans; apartheid african; americans black; slavery apartheid; black south; south africans

Journal Title: Journal of American Studies
Year Published: 2018

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