U.S. Race Relations and the Cold War

I.          Introduction:  Race Relations in the Post-War World

A.  A New Era in Race Relations?

B.  The Case of Jimmy Wilson

II.         Race Relations In America

A.  From Slavery to Segregation

B.  Racial Violence

III.        U.S. Prestige Abroad

A.  International Public Opinion

B.  Communist Criticism

IV.       The U.S. Response

A.  American Sensitivity

B.  Three Strategies

1.  Contrition and Redemption

2.  Disseminating Positive Stories

3.  Silencing African American Critics

a.  Paul Robeson

V.        Civil Rights Reform

A.  Little Rock, Arkansas

1.  International Public Opinion

B.  Federal Response

1.  Federal Troops to Little Rock

2.  Civil Rights Act of 1957