Armed with Abundance: Radical Black Internationalism From Harlem To London, 1917-1939
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The University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
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English
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9780807869185

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Meredith H. Lair., & Meredith H. Lair|AUTHOR. (2011). Armed with Abundance: Radical Black Internationalism From Harlem To London, 1917-1939 . The University of North Carolina Press.

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Meredith H. Lair and Meredith H. Lair|AUTHOR. 2011. Armed With Abundance: Radical Black Internationalism From Harlem To London, 1917-1939. The University of North Carolina Press.

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Meredith H. Lair and Meredith H. Lair|AUTHOR. Armed With Abundance: Radical Black Internationalism From Harlem To London, 1917-1939 The University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

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Meredith H. Lair, and Meredith H. Lair|AUTHOR. Armed With Abundance: Radical Black Internationalism From Harlem To London, 1917-1939 The University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

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