The Communist Party USA And African-Americans
The Communist Party USA, historically and currently committed to complete racial equality in the United States, played a significant role in defending the rights of African-Americans during its heyday in the 1930s and 1940s, but later lost support.
Read more about The Communist Party USA And African-Americans: Early Years (1919 – 1928), The Third Period and National Self-determination (1928 – 1935), Organizing in The North (1928 – 1935), The Scottsboro Boys and The ILD, The Popular Front (1935 – 1939), Organizing Black Workers, Communists and Black Culture, World War II (1939 – 1945), The Post World War II Era, The New Left and Afterwards
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