Foreign Policy and the Black (Inter)national Interest

Charles P. Henry is Professor of African American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of several books including Ralph Bunche: Model Negro or American Other?, Culture and African American Politics, winner of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists' Book of the Year award, and Jesse Jackson: The Search for Common Ground.

"This book captures the diversity and complexity of black participation in international relations. It is significant because most scholars have neglected the roles of race and blacks in analyses of foreign policy and international affairs." — Ollie Johnson, University of Maryland at College Park

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Black Global Politics in a Post-Cold War WorldCharles P. Henry Part I. Global Issues 1. The African Growth and Opportunity Act: Changing Foreign Policy Priorities toward Africa in an Conservative Political CultureRonald Walters 2. Transnational Philanthropy and African American EducationAllen Caldwell 3. We Are the World: Race and the International War in DrugsClarence Lusane 4. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: Implications for Challenging Racial HierarchyJames Jennings 5. United States Human Rights Petitions before the United NationsCharles P. Henry and Tunua Thrash Part II. Country and Regional Issues 6. Sanctions, Black America, and Apartheid: Vindicating the Promise of Peaceful ChangeWinston P. Nagan 7. United States Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Challenges of Nation-State Rebuilding in Post-War LiberiaKeith Jennings and Celena Slade 8. The Democratization Trade in Haiti: International Influence since DuvalierLorenzo Morris 9. Afro-Creole Nationalism as Elite Domination: The English-Speaking West IndiesPercy C. Hintzen Part III. Shaping a New Diplomacy 10. Defining National Security: The African American Stake in U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy FormulationRonald V. Dellums 11. The Personal Road to DiplomacyRonald D. Palmer ContributorsNames IndexSubject Index