“[For black soldiers], but especially those out of the South, Germany was a breath of freedom. [They could] go where they wanted, eat where they wanted, and date whom they wanted, just like other people.”
Colin Powell about his tour of duty in West Germany in 1958, from My American Journey (1995)
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NAACP honors AACVR-Germany Project with Award during its Centennial Convention in NYC
For further information about the NAACP Julius E. Williams Distinguished Community Service Award 2009, please visit: www.aacvr-germany.org/award
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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
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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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