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Color and Credibility: Eisenhower, the U.S. Information Agency, and Race, 1955-57

Grimm, Kevin E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212939127

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2008, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, History (Arts and Sciences).
Domestic violence against African Americans in the 1950s complicated U.S. efforts to attract Third World allies in the global Cold War. The United States Information Agency studied the international reactions to the murder of Emmett Till, the plight of Autherine Lucy at the University of Alabama, and the Montgomery bus boycott and determined their narrative of gradual progress in U.S. race relations had not become the dominant interpretation among foreign populations. After realizing the loss of U.S. prestige from these incidents, the USIA and the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower undertook new efforts, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and Vice President Richard Nixon's tour of African nations, to repair the American image. While U.S. officials often understood the myriad factors influencing responses to these racial events, they did not always realize the larger context of U.S. relations with individual nations and at times exaggerated the extent of the threat to American prestige or national security.
Chester J. Pach, Jr., PhD (Advisor)
Kevin Mattson, PhD (Committee Member)
Alonzo Hamby, PhD (Committee Member)
164 p.
History
Eisenhower; United States Information Agency; USIA; Emmett Till; Autherine Lucy; Montgomery Bus Boycott

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  • Grimm, K. E. (2008). Color and Credibility: Eisenhower, the U.S. Information Agency, and Race, 1955-57 [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212939127

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Grimm, Kevin. Color and Credibility: Eisenhower, the U.S. Information Agency, and Race, 1955-57. 2008. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212939127.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Grimm, Kevin. "Color and Credibility: Eisenhower, the U.S. Information Agency, and Race, 1955-57." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212939127

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