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Dr. Francis Njubi Nesbitt , A Short Bio

Dr. Francis Njubi Nesbitt is an associate professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University. He is the author of Race for Sanctions (2004) and Politics of African Diasporas (2012). He has published numerous book chapters and articles in journals He is a regular contributor to Foreign Policy in Focus.

MSU African American and African Studies

Marking and Assessing the Long Black Freedom Struggle

Civil Rights Solidarities:

African Americans and South African Blacks

International Center in Room 115

November 14, 2014 @ 6 PM - 8 PM

Abstract

The talk examines the evolution of the US African American anti-apartheid movement from its origins in the 1940s through the civil rights and black power eras to its maturation in the 1980s as a force that transformed U.S. foreign policy. Nesbitt reveals how the movement became radicalized with the coming of the black freedom movement. Nesbitt's talk looks at three important political groups: TransAfrica the black lobby for Africa and the Caribbean; the Free South Africa Movement; and lastly the Congressional Black Caucus. Nesbitt assesses the impact of sanctions on the release of Nelson Mandela and compares civil rights in South Africa and the US today.