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Author Howard, Walter T., 1951-

Title We shall be free! : black communist protests in seven voices / Walter T. Howard
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages)
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Contents B.D. Amis -- Harry Haywood -- James W. Ford -- Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. -- Louise Thompson Patterson -- William L. Patterson -- Claudia Jones
Summary A groundbreaking contribution to scholarship of the African American Left, this book gives voice to black Communists and recognizes the intellectual contributions found in their protest writings. The author provides a fascinating documentary history of seven diverse and historically significant black Communists - B.D. Amis, Harry Haywood, James W. Ford, Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., Louise Thompson Patterson, William Patterson, and Claudia Jones - who attempted to foster a black culture of resistance to white racism within the workings of the Communist Party
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed June 22, 2023)
Subject African American communists.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights and socialism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
African American communists
African Americans -- Civil rights
Civil rights and socialism
Communism
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012040898
ISBN 1439908613
9781439908617