| From Scottsboro to Munich: Race and Political Culture in 1930s Britain Subjects: Great Britain -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; Politics and culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Scottsboro Trial Scottsboro Ala. 1931; African Americans -- Rel; Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, From Scottsboro to Munich follows a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era. Susan Pennybacker positions race at the center of the British, imperial, and transatlantic political culture of the 1930s--from Jim Crow, to imperial London, to the events leading to the Munich Crisis--offering a provocative new understanding of the conflicts, politics, and solidarities of the years leading to World War II. Susan D. Pennybacker is the Borden W. Painter, Jr., Professor of European History at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She is the author of A Vision for London, 1889-1914 . |