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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression
Robin D. G. Kelley
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Paperback. A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the "long Civil Rights movement", Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and '40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; JPFC; JPL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 525.
A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the ""long Civil Rights movement,"" Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality.
The Alabama Communist Party was made up of working people without a Euro-American radical political tradition: devoutly religious, semi-literate black laborers, sharecroppers, and a handful of whites, including unemployed industrial workers, housewives, youth, and renegade liberals. In this book, Robin D. G. Kelley reveals how the experiences and identities of these people ... Read more
A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the ""long Civil Rights movement,"" Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality.
The Alabama Communist Party was made up of working people without a Euro-American radical political tradition: devoutly religious, semi-literate black laborers, sharecroppers, and a handful of whites, including unemployed industrial workers, housewives, youth, and renegade liberals. In this book, Robin D. G. Kelley reveals how the experiences and identities of these people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469625485
SKU
V9781469625485
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About Robin D. G. Kelley
Robin D. G. Kelley is Gary B. Nash Professor of American history at UCLA, USA.
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