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Black revolutionary : William Patterson and the globalization of the African American freedom struggle / / Gerald Horne



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Autore: Horne Gerald Visualizza persona
Titolo: Black revolutionary : William Patterson and the globalization of the African American freedom struggle / / Gerald Horne Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2013]
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina: 323.092
B
Soggetto topico: Civil rights workers - United States
Communists - United States
African American lawyers
African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century
African Americans - Segregation - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: The road to revolution -- Moscow bound -- The world confronts Jim Crow -- Scottsboro, and collapse -- Back in the USSR -- Black Chicago -- Turning point -- Prison looms -- "We charge genocide" -- "I am a political prisoner" -- The CP's "FBI faction" rises -- Fighting back -- Patterson and Black power -- Death of a revolutionary.
Sommario/riassunto: A leading African American Communist, lawyer William L. Patterson (1891-1980) was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the defeat of Jim Crow by virtue of his leadership of the Scottsboro campaign in the 1930's. This watershed biography shows how Patterson helped to advance African American equality by fostering and leveraging international support for the movement.
Titolo autorizzato: Black revolutionary  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-252-09518-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464281503321
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