Richard B. Moore papers, 1902-1978.

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Richard B. Moore papers, 1902-1978.

The Richard B. Moore Papers document Moore's activities as a communist organizer in the 1930s, his publishing efforts and advocacy for Caribbean independence and federation in the 1940s and 1950s, and his activities as a Pan-Africanist intellectual, lecturer and book distributor in the 1960s and 1970s.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6744504

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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