Harry Haywood papers, 1928-1985.

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Harry Haywood papers, 1928-1985.

Correspondence and reports concerning the Black Nationalism movement in America and its place in the Communist Party; typescript autobiography, 1972, entitled: "Free, Black and Seventy-One: Memoirs of a Black Marxist;" articles and manuscripts of writings; papers relating to his activities with the Communist Party; speeches and other presentations; and notes and fragments of his writings.

2 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7363801

Bentley Historical Library

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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...

Hall, Haywood, 1898-

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Haywood, Harry, 1898-1985

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Black leader and former member of the American Communist Party, also known as Haywood Hall. From the description of Harry Haywood papers, 1928-1985. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423343 Born Haywood Hall in South Omaha, Nebraska, on February 4, 1898 to the formerly enslaved Haywood and Harriet Hall, Harry Haywood changed his name by taking both his parent's first names (Harriet became Harry) when applying for a passport in 1925 to travel to the...