Chapter 11. William “Bill” Davis, the American National Exhibit, and U.S. Public Diplomacy

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. A Journey Begins 9
6. Part I. The Fellow Travelers
7. Chapter 2. Early Sojourners Claude McKay and Otto Huiswood: Shaping the “Negro Question” 15
8. Chapter 3. Harry Haywood, KUTVA, and Training Black Cadres 27
9. Chapter 4. W.E.B. Du Bois and the Soviet Experiment 49
10. Part II. The Technical and Agricultural Specialists
11. Chapter 5. Robert Robinson and the Technical Specialists 67
12. Chapter 6. George Washington Carver, Oliver Golden, and the Soviet Experiment 90
13. Chapter 7. The Agricultural Specialists Journey to the Soviet Union 99
14. Part III. The Artists and Intellectuals
15. Chapter 8. Langston Hughes and the Black and White Film Group 115
16. Chapter 9. Paul Robeson’s Search for a Society Free of Racism 140
17. Part IV. The Expatriates and New Sojourners
18. Chapter 10. The Expatriates: The Purges, the War Years, and Beyond 157
19. Chapter 11. William “Bill” Davis, the American National Exhibit, and U.S. Public Diplomacy 184
20. Chapter 12. The Cold War, Solidarity Building, and the Recruitment of New Sojourners 200
21. Appendix: Family Lines of Sojourners/Expatriates 211
22. Notes 219
23. Bibliographical Essay: A Survey of Selected Sources 257
24. Index 265
25. About the Author 275