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Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920
book cover for "Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920"
Author Gerald Horne
LanguageEnglish
Subject African American history, Mexican American history, Mexican Revolution
GenreNon-fiction, history
Publisher NYU Press
Publication date
2005
Pages288
ISBN 978-0814736739
Website Book page at NYU Press

Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 is a book by Gerald Horne, published in 2005 by NYU Press.

About

Black and Brown explores the lives and experiences of African Americans living in the southern United States borderlands with Mexico during the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1920, how the revolution affected them, and how they impacted the revolution. [1] [2]

Horne's account sheds light on the political climate that made the Mexican border as a relatively safe location for African Americans before it became dangerous during the revolutionary period. He examines the role of African Americans in fighting against indigenous people, the relationship between African Americans and immigrants, and the concerns of the U.S. government regarding African American loyalty. He also explores the heavy reliance of the U.S. on African American soldiers along the border and how this resulted in a struggle between white supremacy and national security. [3] [4]

The book is arranged chronologically into chapters, each looking at a different and progressive aspect of African American life along the border.

Reviews

  • Jacoby, Karl (2007). "Racial Borders and Historical Borderlands: African Americans in Latin America". Diplomatic History. 31 (3): 571–574. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00632.x. JSTOR  24916090.
  • Leiker, James N. (2006). "Reviewed work: Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, Gerald Horne". The Journal of American History. 92 (4): 1456. doi: 10.2307/4485959. JSTOR  4485959.
  • Williams, Gershom (2007). "Reviewed work: Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, Gerald Horne". The Journal of African American History. 92 (1): 128–129. doi: 10.1086/JAAHv92n1p128. JSTOR  20064163.
  • Krauthamer, Barbara (2007). "Reviewed work: Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, Gerald Horne". Social History. 32 (1): 117. JSTOR  4287417.
  • Levinson, Irving W. (2007). "Reviewed work: Black and Brown: African Americans and the American Revolution, 1910-1920, Gerald Horne". The American Historical Review. 112 (2): 555–556. doi: 10.1086/ahr.112.2.555. JSTOR  4136712.

Citation

  • Horne, G. (2005). Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920. NYU Press. ISBN  978-0-8147-3673-9.

About the author

Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. [5]

See also

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Krauthamer 2007.
  2. ^ Williams 2007.
  3. ^ Leiker 2006.
  4. ^ Levinson 2007.
  5. ^ "Gerald Horne, Department of History", University of Houston, retrieved February 7, 2023

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