FROM HOPE TO DISILLUSION: AFRICAN AMERICANS, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, 1944-1947. |
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Anderson, Carol; with commentary by Horne, Gerald; VonEschen, Penny M.; and Plummer, Brenda Gayle.
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1/1/96
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Journal
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Diplomatic History
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20(4)p.531-563
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Social/Public Policy and Administration
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With the growing talk of human rights in the last years of World War II, black leaders in America sought an international forum to air their grievances against the US government. W. E. B. Du Bois had himselfappointed a consultant to the UN Conference on International Organization but this was only a public relations move by the government. Because the United States and the USSR were increasingly antagonistic, the UnitedStates had allied itself with the European colonial powers. Emphasis on human rights could disturb this alliance and also derail Southern support in the Senate for the UN treaty. Black leaders realized that theconference offered little hope to American blacks. In June 1946, the Communist-led Negro National Congress (NNC) submitted a petition to the UN asking the body to address the treatment of blacks in the United States.conference offered little hope to American blacks. In June 1946, the Communist-led Negro National Congress (NNC) submitted a petition to the UN asking the body to address the treatment of blacks in the United States.to pursue its petition, but it did try. The NAACP took up the petition with similar results, following the collapse of the NNC. Initial high hopes for justice died a quick death at the hands of the UN bureaucracy and the US government.
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