The End of Empires: African Americans and India

(Temple University Press)

In this history of the relationship between African-Americans and Indians leading up to Indian independence in 1947, the author explores how Indian thought influenced African-American culture. He describes exchanges between the two groups, including the South Asian influence on the Nation of Islam and the friendship between Paul Robeson and Jawaharlal Nehru. Horne is the Moores Professor of History and African-American Studies at the University of Houston.