Harry Haywood Papers 1928-1985

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Harry Haywood Papers 1928-1985

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African American revolutionary communist and theoretician of Black nationalism, joined Communist Youth League in 1923 and later communist Party U.S.A., studied at Lenin Institute and worked for the Comintern, member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spanish Civil War, author of (1948) and (1977). Papers include correspondence, speeches, text and notes for his writing and Communist Party material. Black Liberation Black Bolshevik

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