Council on African Affairs
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found: What do the people of Africa want? [1945]:t.p. (Council on African Affairs)
found: Proceedings of the Conferenc on Africa -- New Perspectives, 1944:title page (Council on African Affairs, Inc.; New York City) page 4 (Paul Robeson, Chairman)
found: African Activist Archive (MSU), Council on African Affairs, viewed January 17, 2020(the Council on African Affairs (CAA) was formed in 1937; perhaps the first U.S. solidarity organization in support of African struggles against colonialism and apartheid; a largely African-American organization, centered in Harlem; Max Yergan served as Executive Director; in 1943 William Alphaeus Hunton became Educational Director of CAA during leave of absence from Howard University, then resigned from Howard and moved to New York, assuming also the role of Executive Director when Yergan resigned, until its dissolution; criticized race relations and segregation in the U.S., supported African stuggles against colonialism, and remained critical of U.S. policy toward Africa; in 1955 the CAA dissolved)
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2004-08-17: new
2020-01-18: revised
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