Marion S. Kinney papers circa 1940-1981

Communist Party of the United States of America

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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), a Marxist-Leninist party aligned with the Soviet Union, was founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution by the left wing members of the Socialist Party USA. These split into two groups, with each holding founding conventions in Chicago in September 1919: one which established the Communist Labor Party, and a second which established the Communist Party of America. In a 1920 Joint Unity Convention, a minority faction of t...

American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born

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The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (1933-1982), based in New York City, was founded for the purpose of defending the rights of the foreign born, especially radicals and Communist Party members, thereby filling a void left by other civil rights defense groups. The Committee's formation was initiated by Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Committee pursued its aims through litigation, legislation and public education. In its early years, the Committee's acti...

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976

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Born in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 9, 1898, Paul Robeson was a multitalented man whose artistic and political career spanned over four decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s. Known worldwide during the 1930s and 1940s, he fell from prominence in the 1960s because of the political controversy that surrounded him during the McCarthy era. Robeson was a talented dramatic actor whose performance of Othello in this country in 1943-44 once held the record for the ...

Seattle Industrial Labor Union Council

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Washington Cultural Co-op

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Kinney, Glenn G.

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American Peace Mobilization. Women's Council for Peace

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American Newspaper Guild, Women's Auxiliary

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Frontier Book Store (Seattle, Wash.)

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Kinney, Marion S., Mrs.

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During Marion Kinney's early life she was a grape picker, a boxmaker at age 15, a farm laborer, and a machinist. Her family had believed in Socialism. Ms Kinney was executive secretary of the Washington Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. It was organized in 1948 to protect foreign-born citizens from denaturalization and deportation under the Walter-McCarran Immigration law. She also operated the Frontier Bookstore, and has been active in the Communist Party, U.S.A. ...

Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983

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Jackson's tenure in the House was briefly interrupted by service in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 1943, but was recalled by President Roosevelt to congressional service after basic training. Jackson was assigned to the Government Operations Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, a position which quickly put him at the center of the un-American activities controversies and in the national spotlight. He won recognition ...

Hansen, Julia Butler, 1907-1988

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Julia Butler Hansen (June 14, 1907 – May 3, 1988), was an author, playwright, and politician. served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1960 to 1974. She was the second woman elected to Congress from Washington. Born Julia Caroline Butler in Portland, Oregon, she attended public school in Washington before moving on to Oregon State College from 1924 to 1926; while working as a dietician and swimming instructor, she graduated from the University of Washington in 193...

International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers. Local 25 (Tacoma, Wash.)

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The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (formerly the Western Federation of Miners) was formed in 1916, and weathered repeated accusations of Communism against its leadership during the 1940s and 1950s; in 1967 it merged with the United Steelworkers of America. Local 25 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers was organized in 1933 by workers at the Tacoma Smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. It continued as Local 25 of the United Steelwor...

International Association of Machinists. Hope Lodge 79 (Seattle, Wash.)

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Washington State Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America. Local 240 (Seattle, Wash.)

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East Madison Tenants Council

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Communist Party of the United States of America (Wash.)

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The Washington State arm of the Communist Party of the United States of America actively supported the labor, civil rights, and anti-war movements. From the guide to the Communist Party of the United States of America, Washington State District Records, 1919-2003, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) Washington State arm of the Communist Party of the United States of America, actively involved in support of labor, civil rights, and anti-war movements ...

Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989

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Warren Grant Magnuson (b. April 12, 1905, Moorhead, Minn.-d. May 20, 1989, Seattle, Wash.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, graduated from the University of Washington law school in 1929 and served in several local and state-wide political posts until 1936 when he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress. During the Second World War he served in the U.S. Navy attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He was a member of the Senate from 1944 to 1981, se...