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<\/a>You are invited to the next book launch event<\/h4>\nat Thursday, April 16, 2015
\n5:30\u20147:30pm
\nThe African Presidential Center
\n141 Bay State Road
\nBoston, Massachusetts 02215<\/h4>\n\nThe official U.S. publication of “African Americans in U.S. Foreign Policy” is set for\u00a0February 16, 2015<\/h2>\n
Edited by Allison Blakely, Linda Heywood,\u00a0Charles Stith, and Joshua C. Yesnowitz, this 264 page publication comes in two editions – paper & cloth – and can be purchased here<\/a>.\u00a0The warehouse at University of Illinois Press (UIP) has already started shipping orders.<\/p>\n George White Jr.<\/strong>, author of Holding the Line: Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy toward Africa, 1953\u20131961<\/strong>, describes the book as one that\u00a0“sheds light on understudied but timely phenomena at the intersection of race and U.S. foreign relations and does so in new and exciting ways. Expands the chronological and thematic scopes of existing works, making it truly original. I am convinced that this book will intervene in many scholarly conversations for years to come by offering something truly unique.”<\/em><\/p>\n Read more about the book at the UIP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stay tuned to our social media or subscribe to our mailer to get notified of any events related to the book!<\/p>\nFeb 4th: Book Launch at State Dept, Washington<\/h2>\n