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The GHI supports a variety of events, research projects and publications related to the historical relationship between African Americans and Germany. Doctoral Fellowship in the History of African Americans The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, has established a doctoral fellowship in the History of African Americans more... Upcoming Events An exhibition curated by Maria Höhn (Vassar College) and Martin Klimke (GHI Washington) on The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany is currently shown across Germany and the U.S. Please click on the link for a list of current exhibitions. Research Project & Digital Archive In collaboration with Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY) and the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (University of Heidelberg), the GHI also participates in an effort to create a digital archive and online research portal on The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany. The research project explores the connection between the U.S. military presence abroad and the advancement of civil rights in the U.S. It investigates the role that African-American GIs played in carrying the civil rights movement to Germany, which was host to the largest contingent of U.S. troops deployed outside the U.S. Between 1945 and the end of the Cold War, some 15-20 million American soldiers, families and civilian employees lived in Germany. Between 2-3 million of those Americans were African American. By giving voice to their experience and to that of the people who interacted with them, the project will expand the story of the African-American civil rights movement beyond the boundaries of the U.S. The digital archive has three main goals: First, it will gather and preserve materials on an important, but little known chapter of American and African-American history as well as transatlantic relations after the Second World War. Second, it will make these materials available world wide and free of charge to scholars and teachers in the humanities. Third, it will foster the growth of a community of scholars, teachers, and students who are engaged in teaching and learning about the African-American civil rights movement and its reverberations outside the U.S. In 2009, the project received the NAACP Julius E. Williams Distinguished Community Service Award. It is directed by Maria Höhn (Vassar) and Martin Klimke (GHI). For further information, please visit www.aacvr-germany.org or contact us via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Online Publications
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Past Events in 2008/2009 African American Civil Rights and Germany in the 20th Century October 01 - 04, 2009 Jointly organized by the German Historical Institute, Washington DC and Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY) Conveners: Maria Höhn (Vassar College) and Martin Klimke (GHI) Black Diaspora and Germany Across the Centuries March 19 - 21, 2009 Workshop at the GHI Civil Rights and America's Role in World War II January 13, 2009 Lecture at the German Historical Institute Washington DC In cooperation with Vassar College and the Humanities Council of Washington DC Speaker: Harvard Sitkoff (University of New Hampshire) African American Civil Rights and Germany November 19, 2008 Exhibition opening at the GHI In cooperation with the Humanities Council of Washington DC Martin Luther King Jr. and Germany in the 1960s November 19, 2008 Panel discussion at the GHI African Americans and Germans: Historical Encounters Spring Lecture Series 2008 |
