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“Until now I have not taken part in any direct actions against the [U.S.] consulate, but if they kill Angela [Davis], all hell will break loose for the Americans here in Frankfurt.”
A Frankfurt student, quoted in Werner Bastian, “Jagd auf Angela,” Konkret 19 (September 1970)
NEWS:
GHI Receives 2010 Partner Award of the Humanities Council > more
Maria Höhn Wins DAAD/GSA Prize for the Best Article in the German Studies Review > more
Photography Exhibition Germany: Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut German American Institute Tübingen October 1 - November 26, 2010 USA: University of California, Berkeley, CA October 7 - November 7, 2010
A Breath of Freedom By Maria Höhn & Martin Klimke Forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan Fall 2010 > more
House Resolution Recognizing the Difficult Challenges and Heroism of Black Veterans February 24, 2010 > more
Marvin Gilmore Honored for WW II Military Service > more Boston Globe article
Vernon Baker, Belated Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 90 > more
For further information about the NAACP Julius E. Williams Distinguished Community Service Award 2009, please visit: www.aacvr-germany.org/award
Press Coverage
Audio
Interview with Maria Höhn August 2009
Theo Schneider: Interview with Maria Höhn I SWR
Theo Schneider: Interview with Maria Höhn II SWR
Interview with Martin Klimke, “Der Atemzug der Freiheit - Black Power in Deutschland: Schwarze GIs und die US-Bürgerrechtsbewegung“ SWR2, Journal am Mittag - July 14, 2009
Print
African American Civil Rights and Germany Augsburg University magazine eMAG - July 2010 > View as PDF
Beth Trickett: A Breath of Freedom: African American GIs and Germany Vassar - The Alumnae/i Quarterly - Winter 2010, Vol. 106, Issue 1 > more
Jennifer Howard: Archive Watch: Civil Rights Over There The Chronicle of Higher Education - April 2, 2010 > more > View as PDF
Peter Köpf: Schwarze Befreier TAZ- December 12, 2009 > more
Niels Seibert: Ausstellung Kampf um Bürgerrechte Neues Deutschland - December 9, 2009 > View as PDF
Peter Köpf: Racism is everywhere - Historians debate German anti-Semitism and American racism The Atlantic Times - November 2009 > more
Henning Hoff: Blackface Filmmaker Sparks a Race Debate in Germany Time - November 18, 2009 > more
Kelly Shout: Vassar, Höhn assemble top Civil Rights scholars The Miscellany News - October 26, 2009 > more
Peter Köpf: Rassismus, Amerikas größter Exportartikel Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - October 14, 2009 > View as PDF
Sebastian Moll: Kongress in New York - Bürgerbewegung und Bürgerrechte Frankfurter Rundschau - October 07, 2009 > View as PDF
Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin: Palmer exhibit captures Civil Rights Movement abroad The Miscellany News - October 7, 2009 > more
Devin Griffin: German Historical Institute brings MLKJ exhibit to Vassar The Miscellany News - October 4, 2009 > more
Aashim Usgaonkar: Photography exhibit attended by mostly faculty and guest, few students The Miscellany News - October 4, 2009 > more The Civil Rights Struggle, African-American GIs, and Germany to Open at the Palmer Gallery www.artdaily.org - September 13, 2009 > more
Matthias Reiss: Prisoners like us The Atlantic Times - September 2009 > View as PDF
Peter H. Köpf: Charly Lucas' big mistake The Atlantic Times - September 2009 > View as PDF > more
Kate Goldsmith: Local participation sought for black history project Nothern Dutchess News - September 2, 2009 > View as PDF
Jana Lambur: GIs verbrüderten sich mit Studenten Nahe Zeitung - August 31, 2009 > View as PDF
Klaus-Peter Müller: Schwarze GIs erfuhren Freiheit Nahe Zeitung - July 19, 2009 > View as PDF Peter Köpf: Die Fräuleins der Freiheit Rheinischer Merkur - July 09, 2009 > View as PDF > more
Multimedia Project on African-American GIs in Germany Is Honored by the NAACP JBHE Weekly Bulletin - July 2009 > more
Peter H. Köpf: Should they be allowed? What happens when German historians research racism in America? The African Times - July 2009 > more
Anke Herbert: Preisgekrönt: Schwarze GIs und die Pfalz Die Rheinpfalz - July 27, 2009 > View as PDF
Jennifer H. Svan: Historians study black vets’ role in civil rights Stars and Stripes - July 19, 2009 > more
Peter H. Köpf: Should they be allowed? What happens when German historians research racism in America? The Atlantic Times - July 2009 > View as PDF
Anke Herbert: “Erstmals als Mensch behandelt worden“ Die Rheinpfalz - June 6, 2009 > View as PDF
Anke Herbert: Daten und Fakten: Die Ausstellung Die Rheinpfalz - June 6, 2009 > View as PDF
Anke Herbert: “Ramstein 2“ im Bild Die Rheinpfalz - May 29, 2009 > View as PDF Anke Herbert: Zur Sache: Kampf um die Bürgerrechte Die Rheinpfalz - May 29, 2009 > View as PDF Anke Herbert: Studenten mischen altes Kino auf Die Rheinpfalz - May 26, 2009 > View as PDF
Mara Delius: “W.E.B. Du Bois reiste 1936 durch Deutschland“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) - March 25, 2009 > View as PDF Katja Gelinsky: Paradoxical Freedom: The Second World War and America's Civil Rights Activists Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - January 16, 2009 > full text > full text Anke Herbert: „Schwarze Panther“ und die „Fräuleins“ – Wie die Rheinland-Pfälzerin Maria Höhn als US-Professorin die gemeinsame Nachkriegszeit aufarbeitet Die Rheinpfalz - January 5, 2009 > full text
Anke Herbert: Zur Sache: Was sich hinter „Ramstein 2“ verbirgt Die Rheinpfalz - January 5, 2009 > full text
Katja Gelinsky: German Lessons. Obama was not the first: Martin Luther King too was enthusiastically welcomed in Berlin Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - November 26, 2008 > full text > full text
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