Cold War major impact on struggles for independence in post-WWII world.
(1) Internationally, decolonization and nationalist independence movements pressured into US/Soviet patronage.
(2) Domestic movements for equality also influenced by Cold War ideological battles.
Contradictions of U.S. policy: Spreading “freedom” in the world, but inequality for many of its own citizens.
Why would newly free people of color in Asia and Africa join U.S. when they treated their own people of color like second-class citizens?