After World War II, empires crumbled and fell. Was this the result of changing global structures, or the actions of anti-colonial activists and populations?

Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana, which achieved independence in 1957. He used his position to advocate in the Cold War and decolonization struggles.

In the nineteenth century millions rose up against their colonial rulers. Historical sources clarify how nationalism, sovereignty, and the idea of community contributed to these uprisings

During the Cold War, Middle Eastern leaders sought to cast off the burden of old European colonialism. But they had to account for a Cold War between two new imperial superpowers.

A global struggle against colonialism and the struggle for racial equality in the United States became entangled with each other and with the Cold War.

Legalized racism and colonialism were tied together. One of history’s most glaring examples was the system known as apartheid in South Africa.

The Cold War and decolonization both followed World War II. Were they somehow connected?

After World War II, independence movements across the world sought freedom from empire. John Green describes how nation-states were forged through nonviolence and revolution.