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9%OFFMark Naison - Communists in Harlem During the Depression - 9780252072710 - V9780252072710
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Communists in Harlem During the Depression

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Description for Communists in Harlem During the Depression Paperback. The origins and impact of America's black Left Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.

Winner of the Ralph Bunche Award, American Political Science Association

No socialist organization has ever had a more profound effect on black life than the Communist Party did in Harlem during the Depression. Mark Naison describes how the party won the early endorsement of such people as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and how its support of racial equality and integration impressed black intellectuals, including Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson.

This meticulously researched work, largely based on primary materials and interviews with leading black Communists from the 1930s, is the first to fully explore this provocative encounter between ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252072710
SKU
V9780252072710
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About Mark Naison
Mark Naison is professor of African American studies and history at Fordham University. He is the author of White Boy: A Memoir and co-author of The Tenant Movement in New York City, 1940-1984.  

Reviews for Communists in Harlem During the Depression
"[Naison's] thoughtful, judicious study vividly conveys a heady atmosphere of political experimentation."
The Nation "A scholarly work distinguished by compassion for all who joined the black struggle, regardless of ideological stripe."
New York Times Book Review “Mark Naison's book is a milestone in studies both of the Communist Party USA and of that metropolis of black culture, Harlem. . . . He ... Read more

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