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008    090327s2009    nyuaf    b    001 0 eng   
010      2009013186 
020    9780312570750 
020    0312570759 
035    (OCoLC)316019603 
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050 00 LA1503.7|b.S53 2009 
082 00 378.1/98299676073|222 
100 1  Shachtman, Tom,|d1942- 
245 10 Airlift to America :|bhow Barack Obama, Sr., John F. 
       Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed 
       their world and ours /|cTom Shachtman ; [foreword by Harry
       Belafonte]. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2009. 
300    x, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-259) and 
       index. 
505 0  Foreword / Harry Belafonte -- Prologue / Iowa and Kogelo -
       - Cold War and moral crusades -- American labor and the 
       rise of Tom Mboya -- Alliance formed -- The Harambee kids 
       -- The college experience -- Crisis time : Kennedy vs. 
       Nixon on the airlifts -- The airlift and the presidential 
       election of 1960 -- Care and feeding -- A logical 
       evolution. 
610 20 African American Students Foundation. 
650  0 College students|zAfrica, East|xHistory|y20th century. 
651  0 United States|xRelations|zAfrica, East. 
651  0 Africa, East|xRelations|zUnited States. 
994    02|bWHP