| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 96.1

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Book Review

Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey. By Mary L. Dudziak. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. xiv, 257 pp. $24.95, ISBN 978-0-19-532901-8.)
Exporting American Dreams examines a brief but significant episode in Thurgood Marshall's storied career. After winning the landmark victory in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Marshall became an international celebrity. He was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1955 and anointed "Mr. Civil Rights" by the press. Despite the breakthrough in Brown, the late 1950s and early 1960s were a difficult period for Marshall. The southern states reacted to Brown with a policy of delay and "massive resistance."	1
Despite the slow progress at home, the American civil rights movement influenced the independence efforts in African nations. In 1959, Marshall met Tom Mboya, a Kenyan labor organizer, who was visiting America on a fund-raising mission. Some of the funds he obtained supported Kenyan students who wanted to attend American universities. The author notes that Barack Obama Sr. was one of the students who benefitted from Mboya's efforts.	. . .

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