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Haywood, Harry, (1898-1985) The Road to Negro Liberation: Report to the Eighth Convention of the Communist Party of the U.S.A.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09643.01 Author/Creator: Haywood, Harry, (1898-1985) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 2-8 April 1934 Pagination: 1 v. : 63 p. ; 17.8 x 12.4 cm. Order a Copy

This pamphlet is broken down into three sections, Negro reformism, agent of U.S. imperialism, The growth of petty-bourgeois nationalism, and the struggle for proletarian leadership of the negro liberation movement. Each section is further split into topics within the section. The pamphlet as a whole concerns African American involvement in the Communist party.

Haywood, Harry, 1898-1985

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