{"product_id":"beyond-the-shores-a-history-of-african-americans-abroad-paperback","title":"Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamara J. Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice - An award-winning author charts the poignant global journeys of African Americans as she explores her own transatlantic family odyssey in \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores, \u003c\/i\u003ea powerful history of living abroad while Black.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"By exploring the life of Black expats, creatives, and activists, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores\u003c\/i\u003e enhances the stories of migration to reveal how race is lived in the United States and abroad.\"--Marcia Chatelain, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSouth Side Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart historical exploration, part travel memoir, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores\u003c\/i\u003e reveals poignant histories of a diverse group of African Americans who have left the United States over the course of the past century. Together, the interwoven stories highlight African Americans' complicated relationship to the United States and the world at large. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores \u003c\/i\u003eis not just about where African Americans stayed or where they ate when they traveled but also about why they left in the first place and how they were treated once they reached their destinations. Drawing on years of research, Dr. Tamara J. Walker chronicles their experiences in atmospheric detail, taking readers from well-known capital cities to more unusual destinations like Yangiyul, Uzbekistan, and Kabondo, Kenya. She follows Florence Mills, the would-be Josephine Baker of her day, in Paris, and Richard Wright, the author turned actor and filmmaker, in Buenos Aires. Throughout \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores, \u003c\/i\u003eshe relays tender stories of adventurous travelers, including a group of gifted Black crop scientists in the 1930s, a housewife searching for purpose in the 1950s, a Peace Corps volunteer discovering his identity in the 1970s, and her own grandfather, who, after losing his eye fighting in World War II and returning to a country that showed no signs of honoring his sacrifice, set out with his wife and children on a circuitous journey that sent them back and forth across the Atlantic. Tying these tales together is Walker's personal account of her family's, and her own, experiences abroad--in France, Brazil, Argentina, Austria, and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy sharing the accounts of those who escaped the racism of the United States to try their hands at life abroad, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on the meaning of home and the search for a better life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamara J. Walker\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and associate professor of Africana studies at Barnard College of Columbia University, where her research and teaching focus on the history of slavery and freedom in Latin America. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eExquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Harriet Tubman Prize awarded by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eColumbia Global Reports, The Guardian, Slate, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978239148333,"sku":"9780593139073","price":26.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/blQucs21yZ9780593139073.webp?v=1775801206","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/beyond-the-shores-a-history-of-african-americans-abroad-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}