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www.linkin.bio Instagram.comWhat do Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, and Stockley Carmichael have in common?
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The internationalism of American civil rights activism.
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In an exclusive photo essay for #PicturingBlackHistory, doctoral student Damarius Johnson explains how the Civil Rights Movement was more globally-minded than many realize. Part 3 below--full article at 🔗 in bio!
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"A lesser-known aspect of Civil Rights activism is that the struggle for domestic social progress was inseparable from international political movements. Civil Rights activists often looked abroad to form partnerships with other marginalized communities, build moral and material support for their causes, and develop strategies to pursue their goals. The American Civil Rights Movement is a human rights struggle on an international stage.
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Stokley Carmichael appeared in Hanoi, North Vietnam on January 1, 1967 to celebrate the International Day of Solidarity with members of the Black Panther Party. This ceremonial event reflects the global expansion of U.S. civil rights activism to encompass not only Africa but also alliances with developing nations in Asia and South America.
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Carmichael’s appearance in Hanoi deepened the Afro-Asian affiliation that had begun nearly a decade earlier at the 1955 Bandung conference. Black Power activists ran tremendous risks participating in high-profile gatherings with communists in the global south.
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In the case of Stokley Carmichael, along with activists Essie and Paul Robeson, the United States withheld passports to prevent their involvement in socialist causes throughout the decades of the Cold War."
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Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
