The Harry Haywood Papers, 1948-1981, consists of typescripts of articles, speeches and book manuscripts, correspondence, photocopies of journal articles, and materials relating to the Communist Party USA and several of its offshoots, most...
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The Harry Haywood Papers, 1948-1981, consists of typescripts of articles, speeches and book manuscripts, correspondence, photocopies of journal articles, and materials relating to the Communist Party USA and several of its offshoots, most frequently concerning their theoretical positions on blacks in the United States. Correspondence in the CPUSA series include a folder of letters to and from Cyril Briggs, founder of the African Blood Brotherhood. The National Question subseries refers to the CPUSA's position on the right of self-determination for African Americans. The dissatisfaction of black and Puerto Rican CPUSA members who hoped to build a new Marxist-oriented party is documented in the Provisional Organizing Committee for a Communist Party (POC) subseries as is Haywood's internal party battles with the general secretary of the POC, Armando Roman.
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