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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
African Communists Speak
Author: African Communists Speak
Author: South African Communists Speak
Author: African Communists Speak
Author: African Communists Speak
Author: African Communists Speak. Articles and Documents from 'Tne [
Author: M. HarmelAfrican communists speak
Author: Institut d'Afrique (URSS)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
South African communists speak
Author: The African Communist
Author: Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro
Author: Walter T. HowardPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1592135994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
On March 25, 1931, Alabama police detained nine young African AMerican men at a railroad stop not far from Scottsboro. In the process, they encountered two white women -- who promptly accused the young men of raping them. Soon after, all-white juries found the nine youths guilty and eight of them were sentenced to death. Although many Americans were outraged by the injustices of the case, the loudest voices raised in protest were those of members of the American Communist Party. Many white Communists spoke out, but black Communists took the lead in organizing public protests and legal responses. As this surprising book makes clear, they were acting at the direction of the Communist International (Comintern), which had directed them to address the "Negro problem." Now, with the opening of formerly inaccessible Communist party archives, this collection of primary documents reveals the little-known but major roles played by black Communists in the case of "the Scottsboro Boys."