Winning Our Freedoms Together

“This fascinating book should be read by all interested in transnationalism, black internationalism, and the struggle against apartheid.”-CHOICE

“A compelling and detailed study of black internationalism during the early Cold War period.”—H-Net Reviews

“Many historians have examined the relationship between the American civil rights movement and the struggle against apartheid, but Grant’s book offers a number of new perspectives on the issue.”—The Journal of Southern History

“Challenge[s] the declensionist narrative of black anticolonial activism during the early Cold War. . . . Adventurous.”—Diplomatic History

“Contributes to the growing corpus of literature on black Americans and the international apartheid movement.”—Journal of American History

“Winning Our Freedoms Together has many strengths, and Grant’s final section is particularly compelling.”—American Historical Review

“In this engaging transnational history, Grant not only demonstrates the connections between the freedom struggles of African Americans and black South Africans, but also illuminates how and why these transnational linkages formed. Conceptually innovative and deeply grounded in archival work across multiple continents, this study weaves a fascinating story that will be a valuable resource for present and future scholars.” — Robert Trent Vinson, author of The Americans Are Coming!

“In this important new work, Grant has delved into an impressive array of sources to provide deeper understanding of the links and transnational conversations of black South Africans and African Americans. Around every corner, there are valuable arguments and interesting insights into the linkages between these movements.”—James H. Meriwether, author of Proudly We Can Be Africans

“A superb study of the black international traffic between the civil rights and anti-apartheid struggles, Winning Our Freedoms Together joins a handful of transnational works on U.S. and South African history that thoroughly engage the archival traces of the freedom struggle on both sides of the Atlantic. Equally attentive to Cold War state collusion and transnational black activism across a wide political spectrum, this book provides a highly original blend of two areas of scholarship often pursued separately. It will be hard to think of the global anti-apartheid movement and the racial politics of the Cold War in the same way after reading this book.” — Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University