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Airlift to America
How Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African Students Changed Their World and Ours
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Focusing on a pivotal moment in history, the narrative reveals how a small group of Americans and East Africans challenged British colonialism and U.S. segregation policies to facilitate the education of nearly 800 East African students at American and Canadian universities from 1959 to 1963. Among these students were influential figures like Barack Obama Sr. and Wangari Maathai, who later became key leaders in post-colonial East Africa, shaping the future of their nations and making significant global impacts.
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Airlift to America, Tom Shachtman
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Airlift to America
- Subtitle
- How Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African Students Changed Their World and Ours
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Shachtman
- Publisher
- St. Martins Press-3PL
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN13
- 9780312570750
- Category
- History, Maps and Travel, World history
- Description
- Focusing on a pivotal moment in history, the narrative reveals how a small group of Americans and East Africans challenged British colonialism and U.S. segregation policies to facilitate the education of nearly 800 East African students at American and Canadian universities from 1959 to 1963. Among these students were influential figures like Barack Obama Sr. and Wangari Maathai, who later became key leaders in post-colonial East Africa, shaping the future of their nations and making significant global impacts.