The cry was unity : communists and African Americans, 1917-36

The cry was unity : communists and African Americans, 1917-36 / Mark Solomon.

The Communist Party was the only political movement on the left in the late 1920s and 1930s to place racial justice and equality at the top of its agenda and to seek, and ultimately win, sympathy among African Americans. This historic effort to fuse red and black offers a rich vein of experience and...

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Main Author: Solomon, Mark I. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1998.
Subjects:
Communism > United States > History.
African American communists > History.
African Americans > Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism & Socialism.
African American communists
African Americans > Politics and government
Communism
Race relations
Kommunismus
Schwarze
CPUSA.
Zwarten.
Communistes noirs américains.
Noirs américains > Politique et gouvernement.
Communisme > États-Unis.
Geschichte 1917-1936.
United States > Race relations.
United States
USA
Schwärze
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The early years, 1917-1928 ; Chapter 1. The pioneer black communists: Cyril Briggs and the African blood brotherhood ; Chapter 2. Looking for the black united front ; Chapter 3. The comintern's vision ; Chapter 4. The American negro labor congress ; Chapter 5. A nation within a nation
  • Part II. The third period, 1929-33 ; Chapter 6. The turn ; Chapter 7. The Communist Party in the deep South ; Chapter 8. Wipe out the stench of the slave market ; Chapter 9. Fighting hunger and eviction ; Chapter 10. Nationalists and reformists ; Chapter 11. Death to the lynchers ; Chapter 12. The search for unity and breadth
  • Part III. The New Deal and the popular front ; Chapter 13. New deals and new directions ; Chapter 14. Harlem and the popular front ; Chapter 15. Toward a national negro congress
  • List of abbreviations ; Notes ; Bibliographical essay ; Index.

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