Title: Communists in Harlem during the depression /
Authors: Naison, Mark D.,
Date: 2005
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Physical description: xxi, 355 pages ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: J
Abstract: "No socialist organization has ever had a more profound effect on black life than the Communist Party did in Harlem during the Depression. Even though the Harlem Communist Party boasted less than two thousand members at its apogee, its influence, particularly in the civil rights struggle, was far-reaching." "This work, largely based on primary materials and interviews with leading black Communists from the 1930s, is the first to fully explore this encounter between whites and blacks. It provides a detailed look at a period of reform, as well as an intimate portrait of Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, at the high point of its influence and pride."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The roots of Party growth in Harlem -- The onset of the Depression - the Party takes the offensive -- They shall not die - the impact of the Scottsboro case on the Harlem Party -- James Ford comes to Harlem - the Central Committee reasserts control -- Harlem on the march - the party competes for leadership -- Building the united front - the Party wins its spurs -- The popular front and the origins of the National Negro Congress -- Communism and Harlem intellectuals in the popular front - anti-fascism and the politics of black culture -- Communists in Harlem politics -- Communists in Harlem's economy during the popular front -- Communism and the black working class during the popular front - the limits of radicatlization -- From the Nazi-Soviet pact to Pearl Harbor - isolation and rebirth -- Black-Jewish relations in the Harlem Communist party.
Notes: Originally published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1983, in series: Blacks in the New World.
Subject headings (LCSH): Communism--New York (State)--New York--History.; Communist Party of the United States of America--History.; Communist Party of the United States of America. Harlem Section--History.; Depressions--1929--New York (State)--New York.; Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History.