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Gerald Horne is an American historian and the Moores Professorship holder at the University of Houston. His research and books address African American history, labor, colonialism, international relations, and radical political movements. Horne frequently connects the history of the United States with developments in the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and other parts of the wider Atlantic world.
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What is Gerald Horne's main area of historical research?
Gerald Horne studies African American history, labor, colonialism, international relations, and radical political movements. His books often connect United States history to the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and global capitalism.
Where does Gerald Horne teach?
Horne is the Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His academic training includes a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Which Gerald Horne book examines the Mexican Revolution?
Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 examines connections between African American history and revolutionary Mexico. The book places the Mexican Revolution in a wider discussion of race, labor, and international politics.
Why does Gerald Horne use an international approach to African American history?
Horne treats race and labor as subjects shaped by cross-border political and economic systems, not only by events inside the United States. His work on slavery, empire, the Pacific War, and Mexican history reflects that global approach.
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