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Airlift to America : how Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed their world and ours
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Airlift to America : how Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed their world and ours
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This long-hidden saga reveals how a handful of Americans and Kenyans fought the British colonial government, the U.S. State Department, and segregation to send nearly 800 young East African men and women to U.S. universities--many of whom would go on to change the world.
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Title
Airlift to America : how Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed their world and ours
Call No
LA1503.7
Edition
1st ed.
Authors
Shachtman, Tom, 1942-
Subjects
College students--Africa, East--History--20th century.
African-American Students Federation.
United States--Relations--Africa, East.
Africa, East--Relations--United States.
Language
English
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Publication Desc
x, 273 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ;
ISBN
9780312570750
LCCN
2009013186
Dimensions
22 cm.