International Politics and Civil Rights Policies in the United States, 1941-1960 - Layton, Azza Salama (DePaul University, Chicago)

Despite the vast research on the civil rights movement and US race policies, the connection between American foreign policy and race policy remains largely unexplored. Focusing on this gap, Layton shows how revolutionary changes in world politics during the wake of WWII created new opportunities for reforming US race policies.