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Harry Haywood (February 4, 1898 – January 4, 1985) was an American political activist who was a leading figure in both the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). His goal was to connect the political philosophy of the Communist Party with the issues of race.
Jan 19, 2007 · Learn about Harry Haywood, a radical theorist, anti-colonialist, labor organizer, and civil rights activist who advocated self-determination for African Americans. He was a prominent member of the CPUSA, fought in the Spanish Civil War, and wrote several books on black liberation.
A collection of documents by Harry Haywood, a leading figure in the Communist Party USA and the Black Liberation Movement. The archive covers his writings on the Negro question, the Scottsboro case, the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, and more.
Haywood, Harry. February 4, 1898 January, 1985. Communist activist and theoretician Harry Haywood was born in South Omaha, Nebraska, the youngest child of former slaves.
Harry Haywood was an African American member of the Communist Party who became a leading proponent of the theory that Blacks in the South, who were oppressed by Jim Crow laws and a system of serfdom (sharecropping), constituted a separate nation and had the right of self-determination.
Mar 7, 2022 · Harry Haywood was a communist leader and theorist who fought for Afro-American liberation. His autobiography, published in 1978, is available for free download and streaming on Internet Archive.
Mustering out of the U.S. army in 1919, Harry Haywood found himself in the middle of one of the bloodiest race riots in U.S. history—a battle that lasted the rest of his life.
