Bibliograph

Airlift to America, how Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed their world and ours, Tom Shachtman

Type

Label

Airlift to America, how Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed their world and ours, Tom Shachtman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Airlift to America

Oclc number

316019603

Responsibility statement

Tom Shachtman

Sub title

how Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed their world and ours

Summary

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.

Table Of Contents

Cold War and moral crusades -- American labor and the rise of Tom Mboya -- Alliance formed -- The Harambee kids -- The college experience -- Crisis time : Kennedy vs. Nixon on the airlifts -- The airlift and the presidential election of 1960 -- Care and feeding -- A logical evolution

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