Table of Contents

Introduction: Black Women and the Complexities of Internationalism Keisha N. Blain Tiffany M. Gill 1

Part I Travel and Migrations

1 "We Are Negroes!" The Haitian Zambo, Racial Spectacle, and the Performance of Black Women's Internationalism, 1863-1877 Brandon R. Byrd 15

2 Feminist Networks and Diasporic Practices: Eslanda Robeson's Travels in Africa Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel 38

3 Black Women's Internationalism and the Chicago Defender during the "Golden Age of Haitian Tourism" Kim Gallon 55

4 "Distant Ties": May Ayim's Transnational Solidarity and Activism Tiffany N. Florvil 74

Part II Creating Black Internationalism

5 Thyra Edwards's Spanish Civil War Scrapbook: Black Women's Internationalist Writing Anne Donlon 101

6 "They Will All Be My Color": Nina Mae McKinney and Black Internationalism in 1930s Australia Nicole Anae 123

7 Stitched Networks: Liberian Quilters, Transatlantic Diplomacy, and Community Stephanie Beck Cohen 149

Part III Political Activism and Global Freedom Struggles

8 "Confraternity Among All Dark Races": Mittie Maude Lena Gordon and the Practice of Black (Inter)nationalism in Chicago, 1932-1942 Keisha N. Blain 171

9 "United, We Build a Free World": The Internationalism of Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women Grace V. Leslie 192

10 "What That Meant to Me": SNCC Women, the 1964 Guinea Trip, and Black Internationalism Julia Erin Wood 219

11 "A Common Rallying Call": Yield Garvin in China and the Making of US Third World Solidarity Politics Dayo F. Gore 235

Afterword: Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea Michael O. West 257

Contributors 273

Index 277