Claudia Jones research collection, 1935-1998.

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Claudia Jones research collection, 1935-1998.

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The Claudia Jones Research Collection consists of material complied by author Marika Sherwood during her research for a biography on Jones entitled "Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile." The collection provides information on Jones' life just prior to her deportation, her early years in London and individuals' recollections of Jones. Comprised mainly of photocopies of documents obtained from the Federal Bureau Investigation through the Freedom of Information Act, there are also letters from Sherwood to people who knew and/or worked with Jones seeking information about first hand experiences they had with her.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...

Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964

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Sherwood, Marika.

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Claudia Cumberbatch Jones rose through the ranks of the Communist Party - USA to become one of its leaders. Between 1948 and 1955 she was arrested several times and imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act and eventually deported to England in December 1955. Jones spent the last fourteen years of her life actively participating in the struggles of oppressed and poor people throughout the world. At the end of her life , Jones had earned the title of being a political theorist and an activist in...