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Contains 14 Results:
"A transitional program for Black liberation" - adopted by the 23rd National Convention of the Socialist Workers Party. Merit Publishers, New York, 1969
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
"1979 draft resolution: the Afro-American struggle:" issued by the Central committee, Communist Party, USA, April 7, 1979
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Draft resolution issued "for pre-convention discussion" -- from the cover.
Dates:
Publication: April 7, 1979
"The Communist position on the Negro Question." New Century Publishers, New York, 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Contains essays by noted contemporary thinkers, including William Z. Foster, Benjamin Davis, Jr., Eugene Dennis, and others
Dates:
Publication: 1947
Davis, Benjamin, J. "In defense of Negro rights." New York State Committee, Communist Party, New York, January 1950
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Item is printed version of Davis's testimony during the trial of the Communist Twelve, at Foley Square. Trial was one of a series of trials held during the Cold War, when Communists (including Davis) were accused of violating the Smith Act.
Dates:
January 1950
Dix, Carl. "Jesse Jackson: the 'right stuff' for U.S. Imperialism." RCP Publications, Chicago, IL, ca. 1984
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Communist critique of Jesse Jackson and his plans for the Middle East if elected President.
Dates:
ca. 1984
Harris, Cleveland O. "Freedom Destination Corps USA, 1961
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Content Warning: Item cover contains drawing of graphic violence by gang against Black person.
Dates:
1961
Lyons, Re. Daniel, S.J. "Right or wrong (The Negro today and Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker." Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana., 1962
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Dates:
Publication: 1962
Winston, Henry. "Negro-White unity." New Outlook Publishers, New York, February, 1967
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Lawson, Elizabeth. "Thaddeus Stevens: militant democrat and fighter for Negro rights." International Publishers, New York., 1942
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The materials in this series includes various aspects of American slavery. The earliest item is published in 1833 by the American Colonization Society (dedicated to the idea of relocating freed slaves and free African Americans to a colony in Africa). A nearly contemporary work calls for immediate emancipation of slaves. A 1928 work examines reporting on the alleged New York "Negro Plot" of 1741, when hysteria about possible slave revolts led arrests, executions, and removal of dozens of...
Dates:
Publication: 1942