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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:
New Article by Sophie Lorenz: „Heldin des anderen Amerikas“ Die DDR-Solidaritätsbewegung für Angela Davis, 1970–1973. > more
Film “The West Point - Vassar College Initiative“ > more
A Breath of Freedom By Maria Höhn & Martin Klimke Palgrave Macmillan October 2010 > 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
Alxis Clark: A Black Nurse, a German Soldier and an Unlikely WWII Romance The New York Times - May 15, 2013 > more
Davidson College celebrates Black History Month Lake Norman Citizen - January 26, 2013 > more
2011:
Stephanie Siek: 'Brown babies' long search for family, identity CNN.com - November 20, 2011 > more
A Window to the African-American Wartime Experience The Diplomat - Franklin & Marshall's online newsletter - November 10, 2011 > more
Civil rights and the world The Chapel Hill News - October 12, 2011 > more
Walker Minot: New exhibit in Stone Center focuses on African-American soldiers during Cold War era The Daily Tar Heel - September 22, 2011 > more
Chris Vitiello: Black GIs and Germans found solidarity against fascism and racism. Wars at home and abroad www.indyweek.com - Sepember 21, 2011 > more
Exhibition highlights blacks and Germans The Triangle Tribune - September 11, 2011 > more
Cliff Bellamy: Exhibit focuses on black GIs The Herald Sun - September 7, 2011 > more
Stephen Lilienthal: Double Nickels For Your Thoughts East Washington Life - August 2011 > more
Jost Dülffer: Maria Höhn / Martin Klimke: A Breath of Freedom sehepunkte - Ausgabe 11 (2011), Nr. 7/8 > more
Eric Kotila: African-American GIs in Germany European News - The IES Newsletter, Volume 11, Issue 1, Spring 2011 > more / View PDF Heather Kinney: African American GIs depicted in photo exhibition www.redandblack.com - March 22, 2011 > more
Lucas Lamberty: Heidelberg - ein Hort der Freiheit Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung - March 18, 2011 > more
Molly Dyal: African American Soldiers in WWII Exhibit at Ole Miss The Mississippian Daily - February 25, 2011 > more
Molly Dyal: African American Soldiers in WWII Exhibit at University Museum mollydyal blog - February 21, 2011 > more Hiya Swanhuyser: “Germany? Really? Cool!“ SF Weekly - January 12, 2011 > more
Nancy Montgomery: Attitudes, lifestyle in WWII Germany helped to end segregation in States Stars & Stripes - December 21, 2010 > more Maria Höhn and Martin Klimke: The Military at a Crossroads Again History News Network > more The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany Academic Archives - December 13, 2010 > more
Ron Jacobs: Black Liberation in an Occupied Land www.counterpunch.org - December 3-5, 2010 > more
Joseph Rearick: Panel focuses on Black Panthers in Germany The Miscellany News - November 17, 2010 > more
Peter Köpf: ‘We don’t struggle alone’ How the GDR exploited the struggle for freedom of African-Americans The Atlantic Times - November 2010 > more
Zoë Carpenter: Forum to explore links between Black Panthers, German radicals Poughkeepsie Journal November 12, 2010 > more
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
